twenty-five : demons
They came at night, tickling his feet and mussing his hair as they whispered half-truths into his defenseless ears. They showed him horrifying images without remorse and probed the unhealed injuries of his heart.
You're a disgrace.
It's fundamental good breeding to obey your parents.
A Black... How your mother would love you if you behaved like a true Black...
Going against family! You are going to pay one day. How can you survive without family?
What could he do but succumb to the demons? Sirius ignored them during the day. He feared them at night. And they returned unfailingly.