[ 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? ]
[ Is this really the game we're going to play? he almost asks, but perhaps it will suit him better to play along for now. ]
It is what it is. I do not believe it is designed by some being with its own will - but there are times when a coincidence is simply too great, wouldn't you say?
How I would define it is events preordained, formed in the very fabric of reality at the time of its creation. But, I don't suppose you would subscribe to such romantic notions of the world, would you.
Yes, I suppose "romantic" would be the right word for such suppositions. However, there is truth in what you say. For example, in every world, humans will destroy themselves if pestilence or natural disasters don't do it first. One could say it's written into their very DNA.
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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? ]
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Destiny is what, the will of a greater power?
<aeternus>
It is what it is. I do not believe it is designed by some being with its own will - but there are times when a coincidence is simply too great, wouldn't you say?
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Yes, I suppose. And yet the universe is full of great coincidences. But if that's what your definition of "destiny" is, I can't fault it.
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[ He can't say he disagrees, but given the xenos histories he knows, he hardly sees mankind as unique in that regard. ]
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