In the question below, a sentence is given with two words missing. You are given five options each containing a pair of words that can or cannot be filled in the blanks to make the sentence contextually and grammatically correct. Identify the words that are similar in meaning and make the sentence contextually and grammatically correct. The world, they thought, is ruled by ______; all that happens is fated to happen, and we must embrace our individual ______ and the past and the future that has been determined for us.