Kuja clears his throat. "It's a quote, from a play called The Serpent Beneath. It's quite famous. It just sort of... leapt to mind."

He pauses, looking around. "There's a scene described not at all unlike this deserted lakeside, wherein the lead beseeches a coven of witches for his future to be revealed to him. The quote is from one of the three." Hmm.

"It's also likely accurate. I've heard some rather unpleasant things about this lake, while I was researching it."