“You see, there’s a fundamental connection between seeming and being. Every Fae child knows this, but you mortals never seem to see. We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be.”
Oops…Bast just confirmed my theory about Kvothe fading away into/behind the mask of Koth and behind the ruins of whatever reputation he now has from events that left him magic-less and broken.