Victor had lost his parents when he was very young, but he made the decision of become a spirit mage a lot, lot later in his life. If he would have had a close friend throughout those early years, perhaps they would tell him that it had always been obvious… “Victor, you were always meant to become a spirit mage.” And perhaps Victor himself could sense it, to a degree. But Kyvalorians are creatures of free will, governed but not controlled by their fate; to Victor, that choice meant some...