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The Father wove the skein of your life a long time ago. Go and hide in a hole if you wish, but you won’t live one instant longer. Your fate is fixed. Fear profits a man nothing.
— Herger the Joyous • The 13th Warrior
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
If the length of life is already fixed, hiding cannot increase it. Herger uses that belief to strip fear of its practical purpose. The woven thread makes fate feel settled, while the argument directs attention toward how a person lives within the time they are given.
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