Nah, no point in running. I dunno if I believe in all that destiny crap, but if it is true, then things'll work out how they're supposed to--whether you want 'em to or not. Huh...

[He's silent for a long moment as a sudden thought occurs to him. He's not used to thinking much, so it takes awhile.]

And I still don't see any reason why you can't do whatever you want--while you're here, at least. If you really do have that destiny thing going on, then you'll both run into each other--hell, you probably won't be able to avoid each other. And it ain't like either one of you's going anywhere anytime soon.