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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