[ The words are reasonable, but his tone is frosty, not forgiving. Everyone was afraid--brave, but afraid--and only one person sold out the Potters and probably a dozen of the Order's other members. And it wasn't the werewolf. Or the Black.
But he looks at James' clenched fists and Sirius' rigid shoulders and decides, deliberately, to exhale and smile, because someone has to. It's not all right, what happened--will happen, whichever--at home, but Remus' ongoing list of things that are not all right starts when he was four and ends right now, with the bloody humidity. It would take a few hours to read. James and Sirius wouldn't be able to sit through it without getting bored. And at the moment every item on that long list is rightly eclipsed by the fact that James is here, breathing. ]
We can talk about it once you're settled, if you want. You must be--hungry, or something.
[ The Deliberate Smile is a little wobbly, but it holds up. ]
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[ The words are reasonable, but his tone is frosty, not forgiving. Everyone was afraid--brave, but afraid--and only one person sold out the Potters and probably a dozen of the Order's other members. And it wasn't the werewolf. Or the Black.
But he looks at James' clenched fists and Sirius' rigid shoulders and decides, deliberately, to exhale and smile, because someone has to. It's not all right, what happened--will happen, whichever--at home, but Remus' ongoing list of things that are not all right starts when he was four and ends right now, with the bloody humidity. It would take a few hours to read. James and Sirius wouldn't be able to sit through it without getting bored. And at the moment every item on that long list is rightly eclipsed by the fact that James is here, breathing. ]
We can talk about it once you're settled, if you want. You must be--hungry, or something.
[ The Deliberate Smile is a little wobbly, but it holds up. ]