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thank you @deermessrs for the tag <3

It doesn't hurt, but it feels strange, uneven, each step on his left leg wobblier and more uncertain than the right. The shore is terribly dark as he steps off of the dock onto the rocky ground, completely without a single thread of clothing. The milky light from the moon is just enough for his dulled vision to make out the outline of the path ahead. Horribly, it winds ever upward, switchbacks hewn crudely into the cliffside, the sea crashing violently below. Lucius had said something about the ascent, but Regulus is too tired to recall. All he knows is that he has to climb it. He has to get to Sirius first, even if it's the last thing he does. He also knows, right down to his chattering bones, that it very well may be.