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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[ 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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