Chapter 179: Where Fate Points
Fate permitted no doubt.
Once you invoke its power, you must accept its outcome, whatever that may be. You cannot try for a different outcome, nor can you demand further clarification.
That was proper respect for fate.
Ambrose had used the power of divination to let a withered leaf guide his way. If the leaf landed on a person, then the answer was that person. He could not use divination again to ask what that individual had to do with the divine artifact.
To do so would be to show dissatisfaction with the first answer, to try to get more information beyond what fate was willing to reveal. It was a sign of lack of trust.
That was the general idea, at least. Divine the same matter twice, and fate would grant you a lesson you would never forget.
So Ambrose did not hesitate. He chose the simplest and most direct method: to seize the man.
"Captain, cover me. I'll bring him back."
He cloaked himself in Greater Invisibility and slipped toward the center of the square.