Jubal Harshaw
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also known as Jubal, Boss, Doctor Harshaw, Dr. Harshaw, Doctor, Counsellor, Father
Protagonist's guardian and strategistHarshaw appears in the transition to Part Four monitoring news of Mike with dismay, and in dialogue explains Rodin's caryatid and the Little Mermaid to Ben as symbols resonant with Mike's nature.
In Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein, 1961)