"Fate, then?" Soren scoffed. "I'm not really one for lying down and accepting the inevitable, good or bad. One way or another, this conflict will be over. And I plan on being on the winning side. Regardless of how I got here."

Did it matter if there were overwhelming odds conspiring against him?

...no, not really.

He taps the table. "And the sooner I can learn what I need to, the sooner I can help bring that about."