Rise Up

The answer was absolutely not what Zee expected, and the surprise of it was enough to draw her attention away from the trees. "What?" For a fleeting moment she forgot about the betrayal, consumed only by the story her mother-in-law told. When she'd finished speaking, Zee found herself speechless. She remained in silence for many moments, took another drink of the mead, and then huffed an exhausted exhale. The breath was long and drawn out, and ended with a spontaneous bout of laughter. "Well shit, way to make my problems seem small." For all his faults, Sirius was not a rapist, murderer, or lunatic. His only vice was his capacity to love.

Her shoulders shrugged again in answer to her question, though a smile touched at her lips. "Maybe." She admitted non-commitally. "Really it's not Sirius I'm angry at. It's Death. She kissed him, and I suppose he let her." Her brows furrowed, the anger returning as she felt the Empress' name upon her tongue. "It's.. complicated."