"Destroyed?!"

That draws out the first notes of alarm from V, fur on the back of their neck all the way down to their tail rising.

They attempt to double back: "If it didn't have fauna or flora - animals or plants - what did it have? And- I haven't heard of a planet having a black sun, before."

The magic V knew of, such as it was, was strictly confined to Earth, but that definitely sounded magical.