The writer is being drawn into the story in a way he didn't expect because of the girl. It reminds me of the neverending story in the way that there are the characters in the story and then an over story with a reader or in this case writer being affected by it. Is there something way he can affect the story. Can the characters hear him like they sometimes can in the neverending story? The young prince reminds me of prince zuko in Avatar the last air bender. He seems open to a way of thinking the rest of his people are not open to.