The storm howled, and Nicki could barely hear the + captain's voice as she stood out on the bow of the ship.
She remembered a time when standing here would have terrified her. "Boats are no place for children," her father had said. But now she was not a child. Her father, on the other hand, never seemed to change. He slept below the deck, steady and stubborn as always. Nicki looked out at the vast expanse of sea, dreaming of the places she was going to go, unaware of the man in the top hat, who continued to stalk her.
Which statement best identifies the characters in the passage?