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the  detective  thought  life  is  borrowed, he  is  not  the  only  one  who  is  carried  away  by  the  unseen hands  of   destiny  to places out  of  his  control , being  fearless  was  the  proper  thing  to  do, because  after  all it  did  not  matter  where  was  he  going  , rather  where  was  fate  taking  him, , for  that  matter  every  one  alive  was  just  merely  a  pawn of nature