"Necessities? Well, I suppose I'm still sorting that one out," Regulus admits. "As for facts of life that can't be changed? In time, it ends." There's a trace of a smile for a moment that almost seems predatory before it fades into something more friendly.

"I suppose that sounds rather morbid, doesn't it? But I knew someone once who thought it didn't apply to them." And, if all went to plan, Voldemort would learn just how wrong he was.