Tonks bit into another biscuit with a dispassionate and ungraceful sound, "Azkaban, MLE, the Ministry, they could be anywhere." She groaned, then cocked an eyebrow, "Strong-willed enough or psychopathic to a point that the Dementors don't even bother them anymore." It was crazy, but when it came down to it, she could name at least two people who fit just the bill.
She sighed, looking at Lupin with some amount of sympathy. She recalled the adoration Sirius used when he spoke about his Marauders when she was a kid, the stories and adventures the boys got themselves in and out of and the bond they seemed to develop. "His betrayal must have hit you lot hard." She shook her head, "It tore into Sirius. You boys were pretty much family, after all. Having one of you go awry like that.. Must have bloody sucked. There was no way any of you could have seen it coming. Besides, he was a bloody Gryffindor, yeah? Courage and all that stuff. It's mindboggling that he'd do what he did."
Tonks nodded, sighing, "You lot will be the first I'll come to, you can be sure of that. Well, maybe after Harry. I made him a promise, after all," she grinned. "But as it stands.. I don't think I can promise you too much in terms of leads. The way things are going in MLE... In the Ministry as a whole. It's like there's something.. Off."