Talk:Vol.2 Ch.244: 43F - Hell Train: The Floor of Death (13)/@comment-31405602-20170403174654/@comment-26484417-20170412001014

First, strictly speaking, any notion of free will in a story is an illusion; after all, every character is at the mercy of the author.

Second, fiction commonly portrays one of two popular consequences of learning one's fate: No matter whether the individual attempts to fulfil or escape their fate, it comes to pass. The fate / future changes the moment the individual learns about it--no matter how one may wish it comes to pass--, simply because the very knowledge affects their decisions one way or another. The former embodies the inescapability of fate, while the latter embodies the uncertainty of future and nebulous nature of fate; I suppose you could hope that Baam's case is the latter.