Experiencing a duality made manifest can lead to an individuated soul experiencing that which they neither desire nor intend to experience any longer. As such, their desires and intentions can very easily shift to experiencing "what's next." You can go forwards and backwards, side to side; there are no true or ultimate conditions for moving in any direction.

Per your second question: my counterpart is an amalgamation of "bloodlines" that, together, have agreed to direct the lives of Earth's inhabitants for the greater goal of inducing spiritual evolution. The consequence of undertaking this endeavor is they very regularly do things ordinary people would consider horrible. This is their karmic debt, but it is also an investment in us.

Within my own cohort, I'm a therapist. Even the people within "secret societies" are still just people. Typically, I counsel others on spiritual matters, or give them advice on how to handle complicated situations while still adhering to Fundamental Law. Recently, though, I've been involved with our (small) Accounting department. We all do things outside our educational background sometimes to ensure we can still maintain our duties. I was given this task because my higher-ups thought my vocational background would make interacting with the general public in this way much easier on both sides.