Trilemma: Fantasy

Trilemma. Three paths lay before him, but none of them appealed in the least, and all seemed to end in the misery, not only of himself, but of those that he would be trying to help. He could sign up with the army and go out to war, knowing that his gift would be of use to them--and knowing that if they figured out what he was capable of doing, he'd get put into a "special unit" of the sort that it was extremely difficult to escape from. He could flee into the next country to avoid the military, but he knew that he would not be able to return--if he could even make it out in one piece. He was not some entirely unknown lower-class person that would be unnoticed in his absence. There was probably already a spot reserved for him in the Officer's Class in the military. Or he could join a religious--

Inspiration: "trilemma"
Story Potential: Medium.
Notes: I'm thinking something unexpected lies in the religious orders, perhaps....