[He reaches for her, throwing an arm around her, hugging her tightly. He's not good at affection, not really, but she looks so lost and lonely.]
They don't . . . they don't come back either, where we're from. I only knew because Sirius told me, and even then, I thought it was shit.
[A beat. He sighs and rubs his face tiredly.]
Our friends-- our friend James, he . . . he dies, in the future. He gets killed perhaps seven years from where I'm from, and it's-- well. It's not Sirius' fault, at all, it's . . . it's someone else's fault, but he still shoulders the blame. And he's so terrified of losing James, of even the thought of losing James, that he's been going half-mad for weeks. That's what was wrong with him-- remember, you asked me? That's what he was so worried about.
[He exhales harshly and glances over at her.]
I think this was his way of trying to blow off steam. I'm not saying it was a good way. And I'm sorry you were so scared. If you told him, he would have comforted you, but I appreciate it's not always easy to say what you feel. God knows I never do.
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[He reaches for her, throwing an arm around her, hugging her tightly. He's not good at affection, not really, but she looks so lost and lonely.]
They don't . . . they don't come back either, where we're from. I only knew because Sirius told me, and even then, I thought it was shit.
[A beat. He sighs and rubs his face tiredly.]
Our friends-- our friend James, he . . . he dies, in the future. He gets killed perhaps seven years from where I'm from, and it's-- well. It's not Sirius' fault, at all, it's . . . it's someone else's fault, but he still shoulders the blame. And he's so terrified of losing James, of even the thought of losing James, that he's been going half-mad for weeks. That's what was wrong with him-- remember, you asked me? That's what he was so worried about.
[He exhales harshly and glances over at her.]
I think this was his way of trying to blow off steam. I'm not saying it was a good way. And I'm sorry you were so scared. If you told him, he would have comforted you, but I appreciate it's not always easy to say what you feel. God knows I never do.