Maruki would argue that if she were chosen to be the wildcard and the ultimate sacrifice against Nyx to seal her influence away- fate had to be involved somewhere. Or this girl somehow managed to attract all the possible bad luck she could have gotten in her entire life.

...you can let her know that it does get easier to keep going, with time.

He closed his eyes, pretending that he actually didn't hear those words from her but man- it never got easier, did it? Hearing possibilities such as this when there was no end in sight. If anything it only seemed to get worse as time went on. His jaw tightened as an almost bitter chuckle left his lips.

"I suppose I will be convinced when I see that recovered version of her here."