LORNE: (RE: commacordelia) Eternal bliss. It suits her.

FRED: (to Jasmine) Cordelia must be so happy...to be the one who brought you here. What an honor.

JASMINE: I'm the one who's honored...by Cordelia, and by all of you. I can't tell you how good it is to be back.

WESLEY: Back? Then you've been here before?

JASMINE: Yes. In the beginning, before the time of man, great beings walked the earth. Untold power emanated from all quarters—the seeds of what would come to be known as good and evil. But the shadows stretched and became darkness, and the malevolent among us grew stronger. The earth became a demon realm. Those of us who had the will to resist left this place, but we remained ever-watchful.

GUNN: You're a power that... was?

JASMINE: But then something new emerged from deep inside the earth—neither demon, nor God.

WESLEY: Man.

JASMINE: And it seemed, for a time, that through this new race, a balance might be restored.

FRED: Guess we really let you down.

JASMINE: But you didn't. It was we who failed you. We became little more than observers. I could no longer bear to just watch all the suffering. I had to find a way back. But, first I needed a miracle. And so I arranged one. (touches Connor's face) Through you, Angel, through Darla. That is where my parentage began. Two vampires—creatures one human corrupted by darkness. And you with a soul—a miracle already.

ANGEL: But how?

JASMINE: Through Lorne.

LORNE: Huh?

JASMINE: The day Lorne sent Angel and human Darla into the trials to earn a new chance at life.

ANGEL: I failed.

JASMINE: No, you earned that life. And there it is. (points to Connor) All these events unfolded that I might reenter this physical plain. I know there's been chaos.

WESLEY: All the events we've witnesses these past months, all the madness, it was birth pains.

JASMINE: But the storm has passed.

LORNE: And here comes the sun.

ANGEL: And Cordelia—will she wake up?

JASMINE: If we take hold of the world, strip away the thorns, win the battle—then, yes, I think she will.

FRED: How do we do that?

JASMINE: One evil at a time. Much damage has been done in my name. There are demons, forces of hate, all over this city.

FRED: We're going to destroy them.

JASMINE: We're going to change the world.

ANGEL: Finally.

• Oracles/Powers That Be
• The Beast, the Beast's Master, Jasmine, etc

written by: Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited and formatted for this site by me.. Full transcript at:
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