“no—”harryisquiktoutheroff,disturbedtoevenhearthosewordsfromher.“no.i—iwouldn’tbehere.ifididn’twantto.”

andnarissalooksathim,reallylooks,asifshe’stryingtofigureoutifwhathe’ssayingistrue.andthen,finallygettingheranswer,hershouldersrexandamusementtingeshersmile.“whateverdidmysondotoinspiresuhloyaltyfromyou?”

“hesavedmylife.yousavedmylife.i…iwantto…”savehim,too,harrythinks,butthat’snotquiteright.notompletely.returnthefavour?that’snotit,too.notreally.

butnarissa’slookingathiminawaythat’ssoft,andpitying,asifsheuands.harryhastolookawayfromthat.

“yousavedus.believeme,wewouldnotbehereifitweren’tforyou.theministrywouldhavehadusallinazkabanandthenonvelyfottenaboutus.”

harrythinksthatkingsleywouldn’thavedhat,butthewizengamotisanotherissue.

“wemadeourhoies.nowweareatoningforthem.iamnotproudofthem.butgiventhehodoitagain,tobegiventhehoietosavetheworldorsavemyfamily,i…idon’tthinkiwouldhavebeenanywiser.”thistime,shegnesbakatherson,andsays,slowly,“itjustpainsme,whenilookbak,torememberhimhavingtomakethathoieaswell.”

thedayispeaeful.itisbrightandquietandinvisiblebirdshirpsoftlyfromdifferentedgesofthegarden.it’sastarkontrastfromtheheavinessoftheiroion.

narissasighs,softandsad.“ihopeyouuandthati’mnottryingtojustifywhatwedid.”

“no,it’sfine,”harryreplies,anditis.“it’salright.ifyouwanttotalk.iwantto…”hepauses,surprisedatthetruthinhiswords.“iwanttolisten.”

narissasmilesthatsameamusedsmile.“youarekind.remember,harry.theworldisn’tnietokindpeople.”

shelooksdownatherhandsonherp,fingersspedasifinprayer.“butevenwiththatsaid,istillwanttoselfishlyrequestthisfromyou

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