Narrative Causality

So I was telling my son about the RPG I’ve been playing. It seems that the advisor to the King is a demon, and he’s taken complete control of the King’s mind.

“So you’re going to have to kill the king?” asks my son.

“No,” I say, “the Queen’s ghost has asked me to free him from the curse.”

“He won’t ever be the same, though,” says my son. “That’s usually the way.”