Previously in this series.
As a child, you found yourself in a near constant state of existential threat, often caused by your parents' party guests or abnormal creatures you met on bicycle rides.
One day, when you are sitting down to tea, you are surprised to read in the paper that a once-thought-to-be-dead great aunt has caused a scandal in the capital city of a small European country you can't quite place on the map.
Your fondest family memories involve the moors, and the faintest sense of dread.
As a teenager, your sister showed great promise as a ballerina. She went off to study under the greats, and you never heard from her again. You occasionally see posters for her performances, which appear to be growing darker and darker each season.
The most prominent pieces of furniture in your home are a fainting couch and a large vase of half dead ferns.
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