"They also inherited his gift for Parseltongue." If the revelation before hadn’t shocked, this had. There was only one man in recent record history to have that gift. The implication hitting her with full force. She had heard whispers amongst the Aurors. Alastor had been heard saying he heard it from Dumbledore. Trainee Tonks and Sirius had been snapping at anyone stupid enough to ask them if it was true their Aunt/Cousin had been forced to have his children or if she was as evil as the rest of the Black’s and happily gave herself to her monster of a Lord. But she also knew you couldn’t put much faith into whispers, and she hadn’t been curious enough to ask Sirius herself, it just hadn’t been her business.