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Looking at the cyoa from the perspective (realization) of all options being "only what is fated to happen" changes the way one thinks of its content.

Many people do not realize or forget that you don't plop in the world branded and ready for some betrayin' from the get go. No, you will have a life before the whole Heroes and Overlord situation, and the Age selection is an approximate measure of time you will have before the branding. People ought to think of what they will do outside of the options they pick because the options are only a small fraction of what will transpire.