"And why should I thank you? It was a fate I deserved, given what I'd done. I shouldn't have listened, in the first place, shouldn't have made the bargain. It just sounded so appealing. Of course, once that... thing came, I didn't stand a chance. It nearly killed me before I knew it was there, and don't think there were times when I wish it simply had. I suppose it's all over, now, though. I can't even remember how I did it, not that I could, now, with the magic gone."