Truism 49 : Much was decided before you were born
If someone had ever asked you if you believed in fate, your answer would have been instantaneous and firm.
Yes.
Life dealt you cards before you were even born – parents, social class, looks…so many things were decided for you and there was nothing you could do to change them.
And life just kept hitting you with new cards, removing cards from your hand, playing the big, faceless dealer as you lived and grew. And sure, if you were a cool enough player, maybe you could slip an ace up your sleeve and change your hand. But for most people, their hands were predetermined and there wasn't too much they could do about it.
But you also would've smiled at them, glanced to the side where it was pretty sure they'd spot one of your many cards in that hand of cards your life had given you. Maybe it would have Giotto, maybe Lampo, maybe G. or Knuckle, sometimes even Alaude or Daemon. And you would've laughed and told them not to worry about fate, feel sad at all about it. Because life had a habit of dealing out pretty good hands most of the time.
