The Laughter of the Gods
“When you can see the future, you think you're capable of changing it. But you're just a witness to coming moments, unable to help, even if you wanted to and maybe you don't. Sometimes you think you're supposed to learn something, about patience or distance, but in the end it's all about discipline. Seeing things you don't always want to and just moving on. After a while things become easier. Your dream keeps your mind from wandering. You begin to accept things as they are. Every man has his destiny. You can't escape it, even if you can see it coming.”
Fate or free-will? Every action brings consequence and every consequence brings reaction. But do we choose these actions and respond as they unfold or has it already been determined how they will play out? And if we knew how they would play out, could we change them?
The Deathwatch has performed The Long Watch in the Jericho Reach for countless millennia but who still remembers why they are there? The Omega Vault has begun to unlock chambers with more frequency and every Kill-Team finds more enemies encroaching on the domains of man with each passing day. But they continue to carry the torch into the darkness, believing their actions to be right and just. But in the end, who do their actions benefit most?
