The fate of their relationship is determined later in the season.
Time is growing short for us to determine our fate.
Yet you and I were the kind who determine the fate of the world.
"You would at least like to determine your own fate."
In other words, he was saying that you determine your own fate.
Both may influence the course of the world, and determine its fate.
Since the day he was born, he'd done little or nothing to determine his own fate.
But by yesterday, the deal's fate had been pretty well determined.
"Certainly our fate will be determined by whether they continue to progress."
What could he do that would put him in a better light when it came time to determine his fate?
