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What's this? Why'd you call it- no, Sirius, stop I-
[ there's a pause, sounds of a struggle and what could probably pass as a triumphant laugh. ]
Right! Name's James Potter. 'pparently you can leave things here for me to read later? Brilliant.
Uh, what am I even supposed to say?
Wait, no, this is my bloody-
[ and the feed is cut off. blame sirius. ]
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Why not you?
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[He glances down. Hesitates.]
Because Sirius would never break under torture. I can't say the same for me.
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You've got to be joking. [ he moves to sit down next to Remus without really waiting for an answer. ] You go through more pain and agony that any kind of torture I've heard of once a month, Moony. You can't really think of yourself as weak.
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[ he sighs. ] But okay, if you don't- I'm not going to make you. Don't even have a secret yet.
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In the meantime-- what are we going to tell Pete? Are we going to tell him anything?
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[ it comes out a little quick, and james sighs. rubs at his face. ]
I don't want to do any more of this sneaking around with information thing. We're all- [ and with a sudden thought back to his fight with sirius, he amends himself. ] Were the Marauders. We didn't have secrets. And it'll only complicate things more, someone will let something slip and it'll all become a mess.
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[ even with how his stomach screws up just thinking about it. ]
I'll contact him- have a preference when?
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And I think you should make up with Sirius before anything else.
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He's not going to listen to me.
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I already tried to talk to him and it didn't work and he's never- [ wow, james, please sound more like a girlfriend that just got dumped, please. ] He doesn't want to listen because he's already made up his mind. Made it up before Peter even got here. Probably before I did, too.
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What would you do, if it was him that was going to die?
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[ but the question makes him quiet, because he really needs to think about this and suddenly it all looks a little different. not that different, though. ]
I wouldn't kill him, that's for sure. He hasn't actually done anything yet and I'm not going to let a future that hasn't happened decide his life.
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[Remus stares up at James in mild shock.]
We can't kill him. I was just-- I more meant to, to distance ourselves from him in the future, in . . . god. God.
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[ there's something dark in james' face, something so dark he can't even look at remus. ]
Sirius has made up his mind and I won't let him do it. That's it.
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[He shakes his head.]
We won't. He-- he'd regret it the moment he'd done it.
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[ the worst part is that the look in sirius' eyes, the laugh, it was enough for james to actually think he'd so it. enough, and scared him.
a moment later, he laughs. a hollow, dark sound, as he rubs at his face. ]
Why did things have to get so cocked up, Moony?
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Because I think Voldemort is determined to ruin just about anything he comes in contact with, Prongs.
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[ a beat, and then he sighs. ]
I think I'll message Peter. We can work out how the rest of this happens then.
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We're all . . . we're all with you, James. You know that, right?
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Yeah, yeah I know.
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