In turn, Sutherland complicates fate by showing it warped in practice. The original SkyWing egg is destroyed; a RainWing, Glory, replaces it, instantly revising sacred expectations. Raised by the Talons of Peace for a destiny they didn’t choose, the dragonets soon defy their handlers and escape the cave, asserting agency (The Dragonet Prophecy, 2012). Their choices—whom to trust, when to fight, when to show mercy—repeatedly reshape what the prophecy can mean, suggesting that destiny offers a direction, not a script. [...]
