Scorpius quickly understood that mommy would never come back. Several months later, when Draco decided he was ready to accept it, he visited Astoria's final resting place for the first time. Scorpius had never understood death before, but now - and for many years to come - he encountered it disguised as his mother. He didn't even know what an assassin was, but from that day onwards, he had a growing suspicion and eventually the certainty that he was one of them. These bitter realizations never left him.