Sirius wasn't as surprised to see Severus as the man was the other way round, but given the paths they had chosen that was hardly surprising. He simply spat out, figured that said enough about his opinion on the matter.

At first he didn't want to talk, but quietly glaring didn't seem as if it was quite potent enough. "Come on. They can't be serious with sending you. Don't tell me that you've got the guts to so much as use a Cruciatus."