Prolog.Severus froze across from his mother's hospital bed. The healer tried to kick him out of the ward, insisting that he needed to talk to Eileen in private. However, after five minutes of shouting and arguing, Eileen gave up and said her son was entitled to know everything too. After a moment, the words of truth thundered like a bolt from the blue: his mother had about a day to live. A straightforward healer, like a stone and insensitive golem, reported all the information literally in twenty seconds and left the room, leaving his relatives alone...