This would have been evident even if she hadn't been closing in on Coyote, 
the twelfth and final Faery King. In the last few weeks, since Nell had entered 
the domain of King Coyote, the character of the Primer had changed. Formerly, 
her Night Friends or other characters had acted with minds of their own, even 
if Nell just went along passively. Reading the Primer had always meant racting 
with other characters in the book while also having to think her way through 
various interesting situations.