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[Draco comes on screen and he's remarkably paler than usual, wide eyed, looks like he's probably puked a little in his mouth. He's terrified, is what I'm saying. He says in a really small, quavering voice:]

Help. Uh...I don't know how to reach the pole-ice and--And--

Some-someone's dead.




[He's found Bellatrix dead, but he's wary enough not to say publicly just who...]

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[fliesacomet260.livejournal.com]

Draco, my name's Nymphadora Tonks. I'm with the City's police.

[ Hello. We've never met but I know of you. I think you probably know of me too.

She doesn't think he'd be reacting this way for just anyone but she's not sure either. Oh, Merlin. What if... ]

It's not Snape is it?

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[He was startled she knew his name, but then when he heard hers . . .]

Oh. You're my cousin.

[Way to state the obvious. He swallows thickly and shakes his head at the last question.]

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Yeah, I am.

[ She's not going to hold it against him if he doesn't feel any bonds of family. Tonks doesn't herself, not really.

Tonks is glad it's not Snape. ]

Like I said, I'm with the police here. If someone you know's been murdered, you need to tell someone everything you know. It doesn't have to be me, I think I can find someone else.

[ She's trying to be patient but it's not the easiest thing in the world. However, Tonks doesn't believe that Draco would like to deal with her partner, James Potter. ]

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Might as well be you as much as anyone.

[He sounds cagey about it, though. She would obviously know who Bellatrix was, too, and probably not give a damn, but she was the first police officer to contact him and he thought he ought to do things properly for once.]

It's...It's our aunt.

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[ Bellatrix Lestrange is less of an aunt to Tonks than Narcissa is. That's not saying much about Narcissa.

For a moment, Tonks is silent. She doesn't think anything of real value is lost. However, she does have a job to do. ]

Bellatrix, right. I'll need the address Draco... please.

[ She's not dumb enough to try to blindly apparate into Bellatrix's flat. There are likely precautions against intrusions like that, Tonks thinks. ]

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[If she had said something to that effect to him he wouldn't have said anything to dispute it, maybe just look indignant for a moment because that's what you did for family, but otherwise . . .]

It's-it's, oh . . . [he has to think for a moment, but eventually remembers it and gives it to her.]

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I'll be there shortly.

[ As long as it takes her to call this in, make a few calls, and find the address. It'll be a few minutes. ]