Meeting of the Watchers' Council

The final casualty count: one Slayer killed in combat, one dead of her wounds a day later, three still in hospital, thirteen with serious but non-disabling injuries, two with only minor cuts and bruises. (Not counting all the Slayers dead on the other side.)

The Scythe: recovered, and confirmed as genuine.

The future: abruptly very uncertain.



Well, no, uncertain is the wrong word. As soon as Jonathan Levinson delivered his report, a recess was called to allow a grim Catherine Harkness and a white-faced Willow Rosenberg time to get the seers started on confirming -- or (the hope was there) denying -- what he'd been told.

The word comes back four hours later. Confirmed. Far more certain than anyone wished.

There will not be a new Potential born for the next, at minimum, four hundred years.



There doesn't seem to be much to say, after that.