"Angel was meant to suffer. Not to live as human. One moment of true happiness, of contentment, one moment where the soul that we restored no longer plagues his thoughts, and that soul is taken from him."
—Enyos Kalderash explaining the escape clause to Angel's Gypsy Curse, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Prophetic warnings usually culminate with an "unless" clause."
— David Frum, review
of That Used to Be Us
of That Used to Be UsI weird ye to be a laidly worm
And borrowed shall ye never be
Until Childe Wynd, the King's own son
Comes to the Heugh and thrice kiss thee,
Until the world comes to an end,
Borrowed shall ye never be.
And borrowed shall ye never be
Until Childe Wynd, the King's own son
Comes to the Heugh and thrice kiss thee,
Until the world comes to an end,
Borrowed shall ye never be.
—The witch queen's spell in The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh
Johanna: How has this all happened?
Tontu: Returning [Hilda and Baba] to their true mothers must have brought the spell full circle.
Alfur: Effectively rendering the changeling contract null and void!
Tontu: Returning [Hilda and Baba] to their true mothers must have brought the spell full circle.
Alfur: Effectively rendering the changeling contract null and void!
