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Subject 42 never believed in fate. At least one envisaged by the writers and authors of the book he was provided to research before his many missions.
One that said everyone had in store a destiny that they were meant to complete, and the events of their life led to it in strange ways no matter what you wished.
Apart from its philosophical interpretation, what he liked the least was the idea that there was a being or thing or way or whatever that wanted him to end in such a pathetic way after leading a life purely orchestrated on the whims of a few individuals.
It gave out the kids, as little as newborns, to one very particular set of people, out of all the infinite ways one could lead a life, to have them live a life meant for misery, for them and for others.
Rather than believing that this was something that happened regularly despite a supposed plan, that cruelty was inherent to this world, he liked to believe it was something purely by chance.
