I wouldn't go that far. I find luck the far more prevalent force at work in my personal experience.
[It was (and had been for at least a decade) impossible to deny or ignore that Waver should have been dead at least half a dozen times over if not for some improbable trick of exact timing, of saying or doing the single correct thing at the single correct moment, or of simply knowing the right people in the right places. His dumb luck was impeccable, and he was well aware that finding the limits of fortune was a dangerous game to play.]
[He met the priest's eyes past dark lenses which did only so much to hide the genuine surprise that flashed across his face. This was too earnest to be some kind of mind game, not to mention there was nothing to gain from handing Waver something like this. By that logic, the request made absolutely no sense. But he cautiously extended his empty right hand all the same, hesitating before he could accept the offered tome.]
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[It was (and had been for at least a decade) impossible to deny or ignore that Waver should have been dead at least half a dozen times over if not for some improbable trick of exact timing, of saying or doing the single correct thing at the single correct moment, or of simply knowing the right people in the right places. His dumb luck was impeccable, and he was well aware that finding the limits of fortune was a dangerous game to play.]
[He met the priest's eyes past dark lenses which did only so much to hide the genuine surprise that flashed across his face. This was too earnest to be some kind of mind game, not to mention there was nothing to gain from handing Waver something like this. By that logic, the request made absolutely no sense. But he cautiously extended his empty right hand all the same, hesitating before he could accept the offered tome.]
Are...you sure? Why?