Any event in our lives is only one in a chain, which began some time ago. Gideon found himself in that planetarium on that fateful night because of thousands of decisions he made throughout his career and throughout his life. If any one of those decisions had been different, some big, some seemingly inconsequential, then he may not have been there. Factor in all the influences of everyone he knew along the way. Go back to before his birth to the decisions his parents made in living their lives, which eventually led to Gideon having his own opportunities. Go back further to the lives of his grandparents, their parents and all of the people they knew along the way. Where would it end? How did any of us wind up being here and now? Here and now.
Every day is a new beginning, a new opportunity. Sometimes it takes special occasions for us to remember that. Gideon's occasion was the beginning of a movement in Teles that would resonate across Qol for centuries. The world had expanded. Existence had expanded. There is purpose. We all have glimpses of this truth. There is a cause.