Unmet Expectations of Your Own Creation

 His characters would always tell him "Manipulate us, control us, use us as if we ceased to exist." Those words shattered his mirage. It was not his characters under the spotlight, but him.

It was an ordinary day until he realized he could sever peoples thoughts and emotions from them as if they never connected. An infamous puppet creator known for his good reputation grinned ear to ear as if he had been waiting for this moment. His once dimmed spotlight suddenly lit up again, controlling players as if they are characters. He was played upon by his own reality.