This is getting really good. I love the two characters one on each side of the conflict. I question where this man built cave came from. And why it chooses that moment to collapse on these two characters in particular. I wonder if the rank of the Prince will offer him any more credibility than the average soldier when he encounters the world changing knowledge I sense he and the girl are about to encounter together. He is just peculiar enough an example of his people that I believe he might be able to absorbed it.