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[pooroldsnuffles]

Three days into Azkaban? You're dropping me off there three days into Azkaban, with Lily and James alive, and you expect me to ever want to leave? You're completely off your rocker, aren't you?

And no, we don't need more Slytherins. I reckon Regulus and the Malfoy kid are going to be more than enough, thanks.

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[asthedrivensnow]

Why am I not surprised that you'd end up there?

[pooroldsnuffles]

I'm not the one that belongs there, if it's any consolation.

[asthedrivensnow]

You've saved me from utter devastation.

What didn't you do to not belong there?

[pooroldsnuffles]

Trouble. If you don't know yet, I'm sure you will soon. If it suits you, I'd rather not talk about it.

[oncebitten]

That's... unfortunate.

[asthedrivensnow]

As you like. I promise to be completely unsurprised in... [She gives him a measuring look.] ...five years?

[pooroldsnuffles]

Have I ever told you how much I appreciate your knack for understatement? 'Lo, Remus.

[pooroldsnuffles]

Probably so.

[ He flashes her a thin smile. ]

Looking forward to meeting your boy.

[asthedrivensnow]

[Hers is equally thin. Look, matching genetics.]

Yes, I'm aware. Circumstances are surprising things, aren't they?

[oncebitten]

You know, I'd always thought that you did, but it's good to have the final proof.

_{[ he smiles, but it's not exactly the happiest smile he's ever had. ]}

Hello, Sirius.

[pooroldsnuffles]

You, marrying a snooty pureblood and having a pig-faced sniveling brat of a baby? I'm not too surprised, Cissy.

[ Sorry, Narcissa. His nerves are raw from Azkaban. ]

[pooroldsnuffles]

Good to see you. Hope you're faring well than the rest of us.

[ Lily and James dead, him in prison. When had he given life permission to suck quite this much? ]

[horcruxed]

Always knew you'd wind up there.

[And he just sort of stares flatly.]

I don't want to leave either, you know.

[pooroldsnuffles]

Bed you made a little itchy to lie in, Reg?

[ oh shut up, sirius. as if you have any room to speak at all. ]

[charmandchant]

( wait. wait. hold on. )

Did you know the Potters?

And you're coming to Asgard?

( clarification please! )

[horcruxed]

Says the man in Azkaban for life.

[Wow rude, Sirius.]

[pooroldsnuffles]

Know 'em rather well, I'd say.

[ Know, not knew. Guess who can't bring himself to use past tense yet. ]

And for a few days, I think.

[pooroldsnuffles]

Rather be a man in Azkaban who can live with my decisions instead of a boy out who can't.

[ Prickly, prickly. ]

[charmandchant]

( that makes this rather awkward then. because.. )

Er. Who are you?

( because you look so familiar and going to Azkaban within three days of the Potters and.

oh. oh my -- )

You're Sirius Black!

[horcruxed]

You made stupid decisions. 'Living' with them just proves that you haven't learned your lesson.

[He shrugs.]

It's only been three days. I suppose there's still time for you to regret it. You're there for the rest of your life, after all.

[pooroldsnuffles]

Clever girl. Lily'll be fond of you, I think.

[ The recognition makes him grin a little, though. Recognition always does. ]

[pooroldsnuffles]

You're convinced that there's a prison out there that can hold me, are you?

[charmandchant]

But you're so young!

( as in. her age. or older, but that's not the point. he could be her age! )

And you don't have .. ( she gestures to demonstrate all the hair. )

[pooroldsnuffles]

[ Up go the eyebrows. He lifts his own hands to mimic hers. ]

-- lumpy shoulders?

[charmandchant]

Er, no.

( how do you tell the past of someone that they're going to have awful hair in the future? )

Well, you'll see in twenty or so years. I think.

( oh, and. )

I never introduced myself; I'm Hermione Granger.