Ah. That's going to require re-strategizing. Clearly this-- girl isn't going to go away as easily as hoped. There's an instant of a return to blankness on Sirius' face as Voldemort reconsiders. His control isn't so good as to be able to control every little tic, just yet.
But she seems easy enough to force away, once she's been hurt enough. She's got that softness to her now, like a fragile thing easy to break-- And this is one of the ones Merdraut had said brought him down? How impossibly silly. What an odd stroke of luck they must have had.
Besides, if nothing else works, he'll be able to get Sirius to kill her. That'll be a fitting revenge for her and might be just what he needs to break the man he's trying to possess entirely.
(Deep inside himself, Sirius stirs at the threat.)
"Very well. If you insist." Stepping back to let her in comes easily enough. Shutting the door after her comes with a particular firmness. "I'm telling you, though, it's really quite simple. I decided to move on with my life, now that we're all-- free to live as we are, and I've found someone here. He's-- very good."
At fulfilling the duty he's been assigned to fulfill, at least. At keeping Sirius Black addled and distracted enough through as many means as possible that the man had been left almost an open vessel for him to fill. Oh, yes, Merdraut would be rewarded soundly when he arose anew.
But for now, Merdraut just needed to be the boyfriend that had been the reason Sirius Black had left. That's a-- reason, yes? Something to do with that idea of love this side seems so fond of?
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But she seems easy enough to force away, once she's been hurt enough. She's got that softness to her now, like a fragile thing easy to break-- And this is one of the ones Merdraut had said brought him down? How impossibly silly. What an odd stroke of luck they must have had.
Besides, if nothing else works, he'll be able to get Sirius to kill her. That'll be a fitting revenge for her and might be just what he needs to break the man he's trying to possess entirely.
(Deep inside himself, Sirius stirs at the threat.)
"Very well. If you insist." Stepping back to let her in comes easily enough. Shutting the door after her comes with a particular firmness. "I'm telling you, though, it's really quite simple. I decided to move on with my life, now that we're all-- free to live as we are, and I've found someone here. He's-- very good."
At fulfilling the duty he's been assigned to fulfill, at least. At keeping Sirius Black addled and distracted enough through as many means as possible that the man had been left almost an open vessel for him to fill. Oh, yes, Merdraut would be rewarded soundly when he arose anew.
But for now, Merdraut just needed to be the boyfriend that had been the reason Sirius Black had left. That's a-- reason, yes? Something to do with that idea of love this side seems so fond of?