I'd like to think so, but even that's just built off of instinct, ain't it? Nobody makes decisions with their heads, much as they might pretend they do, it's all in the blood.

[Spike yeets the staff, and looks at it, then shoots a deadpan stare up at the crowd. Do you fucking mind? They are having a pretentious philosophy talk.]

If you're asking me if I believe in fate or some higher power's will, then the answer is... eh. If it exists, I don't give much of a shit about it.

[He smiles, bemused.]

Trying to suss out my team, are we?