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Originally Posted by Caro  Can't remember exactly now... but no I thought it talked about a 'cursed life', which I didn't take to mean body, but soul. |
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Originally Posted by Firenze the friendly exposition centaur ... you will have but a half-life, a cursed life, from the moment the blood touches your lips |
but...
he says shortly after, on being asked by Harry whether death wouldn't be better:
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Originally Posted by Firenze the friendly exposition centaur It is, unless all you need is to stay alive long enough to drink something else -- something that will bring you back to full strength and power -- something that will mean you can never die. |
Referring, of course, to the Elixir of Life. I presume though, that when he's restored in book 4(?), that has a similar effect, and fixes the unicorn's blood problem. I do wonder if the blood accounted for his subhuman appearence though....