[ Her answer to him comes as two questions softly spoken, somber, and as still as the ocean right before dawn. The first, for the past: ] If you had never heard of your destiny before, would you still have made those same choices to help others?

[ Perhaps he'd go about it differently. Perhaps he'd be even more motivated, if it were all by his own will. Perhaps not. She doesn't need to hear his answers if he doesn't wish to give them.

The second, for what is to come: ]

If you had the power to change the future... to change your destiny, would you?

[ She settles back into silence, patient for what he might say next. ]