"You’re better off," Marlene said after a while. Sirius had thought the conversation had moved on from Remus. They were hitting it off with Dorcas, who was an artist. She had a lot of experience in the publishing industry from commissions that she received to do cover art, so they had an incredible amount to talk about. Sirius had just said something about how they were able to go on all night writing binges whenever inspiration struck, since they didn’t have a partner to be bothered with the click-clack of their keyboard.