Meg,_ he whispered. __t wouldn__ be real love if there weren__ the possibility for another response to him. If we couldn__ choose not to love him, then our love would be empty. That__ why there__ evil in this world, because there__ free choice in this world. He allows the one to prove the other.
But do you think our futures are already determined for us?___hy are you asking all of this? What__ going on?__ let out a small laugh. __emember when we were in the hallway?_ He nodded. __ell, Thirteen tried telling me that I couldn__ escape my fate and that there was no point in fighting the inevitable.___o you think it is inevitable?_ he asked.__e?_ I scoffed. __o. Nothing is ever guaranteed. One minor adjustment can alter everything. Nothing is ever set in stone. As of right now, we__e all on one path: we__e all stuck inside of this hell that we__e trying to escape, and it may seem like the outcome has already been determined for us, but it hasn__. The smallest of things could change everything. A death. Deception. Anything could force us to follow another path, and you know what? We determine that path, not fate.___hat path do you see yourself on?_ Colton hopped up onto the computer desk, tucking his hands underneath his thighs.__ see us starting new lives outside of this place, far from McVeigh and his men,_ I answered honestly. __ut I know not all of us will make it out of here. There is still more pain to come our way, but there is also happiness if we allow for it.
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But do you think our futures are already determined for us?___hy are you asking all of this? What__ going on?__ let out a small laugh. __emember when we were in the hallway?_ He nodded. __ell, Thirteen tried telling me that I couldn__ escape my fate and that there was no point in fighting the inevitable.___o you think it is inevitable?_ he asked.__e?_ I scoffed. __o. Nothing is ever guaranteed. One minor adjustment can alter everything. Nothing is ever set in stone. As of right now, we__e all on one path: we__e all stuck inside of this hell that we__e trying to escape, and it may seem like the outcome has already been determined for us, but it hasn__. The smallest of things could change everything. A death. Deception. Anything could force us to follow another path, and you know what? We determine that path, not fate.___hat path do you see yourself on?_ Colton hopped up onto the computer desk, tucking his hands underneath his thighs.__ see us starting new lives outside of this place, far from McVeigh and his men,_ I answered honestly. __ut I know not all of us will make it out of here. There is still more pain to come our way, but there is also happiness if we allow for it.
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