Gods prefer simple, vicious games, where you Do Not Achieve Transcendence but Go Straight To Oblivion; a key to the understanding of all religion is that a god's idea of amusement is Snakes and Ladders with greased rungs.

That’s where you’ve been getting it all wrong,” said Granny. “Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It’s the other way around.

Will she live happily ever after?” he said. NOT FOREVER. BUT PERHAPS FOR LONG ENOUGH.

You mean it's my destiny? she said at last.Granny shrugged. Something like that. Probably. Who knows?

You mean it's my destiny?" she said at last.Granny shrugged. “Something like that. Probably. Who knows?

The beagle and the kobold approached, walking out of the dusty distance.