The youngest witch was helping the eldest prepare ingredients.
"Um, Ma'am?"
"Yes my child?"
"Yesterday, you told the Queen that she wouldn't be removed from power by any man."
"That's what the entrails said."
"But then, as she pointed out, that leaves all the women."
"Indeed it does."
"Why do predictions always do that? They always sound impressive, but then have an obvious loophole. Why not just say a woman will end her reign?"
"Because it might be an animal, or a natural phenomenon.
The spirits do not give direct answers because life lives in such loopholes.
Plus it's funnier."
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