"I'm fine, and you?" he asked properly, knowing that she wouldn't be here if she was fine. "Please," he said offering her a chair from his old desk. "I hope you forgive the locale, but I haven't got around to redecorate yet."
Regulus sat at the edge of the bed after she sat down. "I'll help however I can. Dark magic is very seductive," he started without preambles. "You start by not liking what you do, but doing it anyway. As you feel the power grow in you, you crave that power moving through you. You get to the point that the outcome doesn't become relevant. You want to feel the magic, what happens because of it is inconsequential. So to answer your questions: very addictive."