Not quite so terrible in mine. The Council has done extensive research into the subject - casualties in the form of actual witches happened, yes, but were fortunately rare. Granted, a few of the victims might have had the knack for sorcery without having fully realized their powers, but by and large fully fledged magic users were able to escape any unwelcome attention.
...people have moved on from that by my time, at least. Not necessarily for the better, if the price is a vampire lauded for draining people on national television.
[Giles shakes his head, bitter.
You blew up the apartment while giving a lecture to the New Feathers, Helios. You're absentminded. And this totally doesn't count towards the bet..]
Multiple ones, yes. Thanks to Buffy - when the Shadow Men first created the Slayer, they didn't expect such miraculous advances as CPR.
[And they most certainly didn't expect Willow Rosenburg, who is the real reason why there's an army of Slayers by Giles' time rather than one girl in all the world.
...but that's an entirely different kettle of fish, and Giles will quickly move on to other subjects.]
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...people have moved on from that by my time, at least. Not necessarily for the better, if the price is a vampire lauded for draining people on national television.
[Giles shakes his head, bitter.
You blew up the apartment while giving a lecture to the New Feathers, Helios. You're absentminded.
And this totally doesn't count towards the bet..]Multiple ones, yes. Thanks to Buffy - when the Shadow Men first created the Slayer, they didn't expect such miraculous advances as CPR.
[And they most certainly didn't expect Willow Rosenburg, who is the real reason why there's an army of Slayers by Giles' time rather than one girl in all the world.
...but that's an entirely different kettle of fish, and Giles will quickly move on to other subjects.]
So. Do you know what you did wrong, then?