In the kitchen of the strange, new house in Sobek Croix - new, which is to say, unfamiliar, as it is quite an old structure - a glass drops to the floor and shatters. It isn't out of fear or shock, however; Severus has more decorum than that. Rather, it's due to the involuntary flex of his fingers against the feeling of his Mark activating. It's unexpected under normal conditions (particularly since his own death), but the way it feels now is nothing short of unpleasant.

Unnatural, if such a thing can be called unnatural.

His right hand claps over his left forearm as though he can both stop the sensation and hide it from view, and for a brief moment his confusion is evident in his expression. It gives way to anger, and then, finally, nothing. Neutrality.