[ That question finds its mark in a way AM's other queries haven't. Immediately, Lucius can feel unease prickle up his spine, the words teasing at thoughts he'd rather keep buried. He tamps them down before they've had the chance to coalesce into anything more than ill-formed shapes within his traitorous mind, and in the blank space left by their absence, his answer forms quickly. ]
No. It is a matter of destiny.
[ It isn't a lie, even if it is less than the whole truth. After all, does Lucius the Eternal seem like anything less than a man who supposes the very Fates look upon his life and smile? ]
<aeternus>
No. It is a matter of destiny.
[ It isn't a lie, even if it is less than the whole truth. After all, does Lucius the Eternal seem like anything less than a man who supposes the very Fates look upon his life and smile? ]