The Mask of Death finally dissipated and then, Aaron's true face came to view.
The man smiled broadly.
"Now that's more like it. I would advise that you respect your father's wishes and take your fate the way you see it. It's very impossible to escape it's shackles."
Aaron's face hardened.
"I'd be the first one! I'll be the one to break fate. I'll be the first to escape his threads and sequence strings. He cannot tie me down!"
The man laughed.
"I really like your confidence but let's tell ourselves the bitter truth now, fate is just like our life... the very reality of life that we face. Both good and bad."
"A person bound by the good of life is fated for good. You, you would have loved for all things good to happen to you. But that's also fate. The demon of dread created the fate of good and the fate of evil. Which one do you prefer? Good or evil?"
"I,"
The man pointed at himself.
