"It's not something I'm used to. I needed help before I arrived here," Regulus says. After a pause he adds, "I had a brother. Sirius. He was a little older than I, and..."
"He was supposed to be the heir, but he was a continual disappointment to our parents. He moved out while we were both still in school, rejected everything our family stood for. Mother was heartbroken."
"He was disowned, of course... but he rejected us first. All the responsibilities he'd abandoned fell to me. I couldn't let my parents be disappointed again. They were so proud when I..." a hand strays to his arm, careful not to actually touch the spot - the Dark Mark had faded, since there wasn't an alternate of Voldemort currently in the Nexus or on Gaia, but he still didn't trust that.
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Date: 2013-11-07 04:07 pm (UTC)"He was supposed to be the heir, but he was a continual disappointment to our parents. He moved out while we were both still in school, rejected everything our family stood for. Mother was heartbroken."
"He was disowned, of course... but he rejected us first. All the responsibilities he'd abandoned fell to me. I couldn't let my parents be disappointed again. They were so proud when I..." a hand strays to his arm, careful not to actually touch the spot - the Dark Mark had faded, since there wasn't an alternate of Voldemort currently in the Nexus or on Gaia, but he still didn't trust that.