a storm is developing. seagulls are flying by the window. there may be some things we can do but i reckon we can only respond to fate like the weather, individually we can try to wear the right clothes, but we all share the same weather. if fate was not reality would people have invented the word. as people made the word, did the word make fate? are we selfish? are we agents of fate? if we resist the forces of world-building, can we choose our own fate? no, or maybe, if it aligns with fate. i'm thinking, i haven't thought it through.