If everyone stayed true to their original intentions, if no one ever had to weather a storm, if no one's path were ever strewn with obstacles, if our pasts had never been so turbulent, then... We cannot choose our own fate, nor can we change it. Yet fate is shaped by more than just the right time and place. If we had never been tempted by fame and fortune, if we had never been threatened by life and death, if we had chosen love and an ordinary life instead of chasing after more, could we not have avoided all those troubles and conflicts? How many lovers, driven by fate to turn love into hate, have ultimately failed to escape their destiny…
Theme: All desires lose their appeal in the face of life and death.
