And So In Our Desolations

[mrswblack]

*Walburga has always found it easy to retreat behind a mask of social superiority when she is most hurt, and the woman who knocks on her husband's door looks like nothing more than a statue--paintings have more colour to them.*

Orion?

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[mysonisgay]

*Orion, who finds himself once more not quite in the know, raises both his eyebrows in surprise as he opens the door, eyeing his wife's pallor*

You look simply flawless - what's happened?

[mrswblack]

Cygnus is dead. Druella wrote me. *flourishes the letter still clutched in one hand* Kind of her.

[mysonisgay]

Dead? *it's rare any emotion contorts Orion's face so his mildly perturbed look conveys his shock*

...Yes, it's good of her to be so prompt. What were the circumstances?

[mrswblack]

A heart-attack. *teeters towards Orion*