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amycus_carrow April 12 2008, 08:10:56 UTC
"Attacked from behind. Must be a family tradition, yeah?" Amy's words are soft as velvet, smooth as silk, no malice, just simple truth. "I don't think he saw it coming. If he survives, that's going to haunt him. Though, I have to admit, even if he doesn't survive, there is a chance it will haunt him. There is just something about being attacked when your back is turned..."

He lets his words trail off as he takes a seat across from the desk in the headmaster's office. His hand rubs across his dark mark.

"Planning to answer that soon, Lad? It's starting to itch."

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the_iscariot April 12 2008, 08:24:51 UTC
Severus closes his eyes, thankful his back is to Amycus. Even if it's not real, even if he is just a product of his tortured mind; it accomplishes nothing to give him that victory. He can't control the anger that bursts from his chest but he has too. It does nothing to give into the anger, the hate.

Severus feels very much like the child he was once that couldn't breath because the rage was too strong.

"Don't you dare." He warns him. Don't touch Sebastian. Don't even put his name to your lips. He's mine. "...the old man can wait. My school is more important."

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amycus_carrow April 12 2008, 08:31:09 UTC
"Ah, yes, your school. I thought you had learned to stop trusting predators with your students, Severus."

He's so comfortable here. Wherever here may be. The darkest corner of Sev's mind. An illusion, a memory, something that is real because the emotions make him real.

"I warned you did I not? I warned you to put your pet on a leash. I warned you that he was dangerous. Now, look what has happened. This is how you treat my sister's son? She gave him a fighting chance to survive outside a world of burning marks and masks, and this is what it's led too? A mauled boy in a bed, last words out of his mouth is about your pet, and calling out for you. Tsk tsk, Severus, how did you let this happen?"

He waits for a moment. Let's it sink in. Then he adds in a soft tone, "Did he attack him because he was following him as you instructed, guarding the child as you instructed, or do you think it's because he smelled like you? You should ask him. Ask your dog if it was your son's blood that drove him into a frenzy."

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the_iscariot April 12 2008, 08:46:38 UTC
It breaks over him in waves, the emotion. But it is not pain. It's not grief. He remembered being haunted by that every day during the last war, the way it felt to have a knife driven into a heart and twisted. He remembers what it's like to feel chained to the wall, wondering what could possibly come next. Wondering how much more could be taken.

He turns, grabbing Amycus shirt and hauling him to his feet. He doesn't know if he pushed him or threw him against the wall. It was something he always wanted to do. It was something he should have done those years ago. The first time Amycus dared to turn his wand on his students. The moment he dared to take the school and turned it into ( ... )

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