[He stares hollowly up at his friend. Don't tell him, Sirius had begged, but he can't help it, he can't hold out now--]
It all goes to shit. It all . . . our future. Everything goes wrong, and we're terrified of it, Sirius and I, and even Lily-- and-- god, we just wanted to talk to you for a while without having to think about it. Without having to let you know about it. And if we told you about Harry, we'd have to tell you about the rest, and-- god, I didn't want to. We didn't want to, because we missed you so much.
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[He stares hollowly up at his friend. Don't tell him, Sirius had begged, but he can't help it, he can't hold out now--]
It all goes to shit. It all . . . our future. Everything goes wrong, and we're terrified of it, Sirius and I, and even Lily-- and-- god, we just wanted to talk to you for a while without having to think about it. Without having to let you know about it. And if we told you about Harry, we'd have to tell you about the rest, and-- god, I didn't want to. We didn't want to, because we missed you so much.