[ sirius is quizzical, but the moment regulus starts to explain he feels a heavy stone drop into his gut.
it's.. it's barbaric in a way that sirius doesn't have words for. he's seen a lot of terrible things since voldemort began to rise, he's heard stories, seen deaths, tortures, watched the wizarding world break apart in ways he never could have imagined. voldemort is unclean, he's disgusting, abhorrent, and yet somehow this seems too far even for him.
he's severed his own soul? is there anything more.. more base than that? more wrong? just the thought of it is enough to make sirius tense up, and his hands resting on his own forearms bunch in his sleeves, like he's hearing nails on a chalkboard. it's a crime against the natural world, it is, and when regulus pulls the chain from under his robes sirius is staring at it like it's the most repulsive thing he's ever seen. ]
That's..
[ merlin's beard, even the implication of a horcrux aside, the idea that it somehow makes voldemort invulnerable is even more terrifying. sirius drags a hand over his mouth, thumb rubbing against the scruff on his jaw. ]
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it's.. it's barbaric in a way that sirius doesn't have words for. he's seen a lot of terrible things since voldemort began to rise, he's heard stories, seen deaths, tortures, watched the wizarding world break apart in ways he never could have imagined. voldemort is unclean, he's disgusting, abhorrent, and yet somehow this seems too far even for him.
he's severed his own soul? is there anything more.. more base than that? more wrong? just the thought of it is enough to make sirius tense up, and his hands resting on his own forearms bunch in his sleeves, like he's hearing nails on a chalkboard. it's a crime against the natural world, it is, and when regulus pulls the chain from under his robes sirius is staring at it like it's the most repulsive thing he's ever seen. ]
That's..
[ merlin's beard, even the implication of a horcrux aside, the idea that it somehow makes voldemort invulnerable is even more terrifying. sirius drags a hand over his mouth, thumb rubbing against the scruff on his jaw. ]
.. is that the only one?