Order Only: Private Message to Harry

[alt_sirius]

So.

We can talk here now. That's good. But you've got your mirror, don't forget. Anytime you need it.

And anytime you want to come over to Grimmauld. It's your house too, in a way. If you like.

How have you been sleeping? I saw Hermione said that it's even less of a picnic now, at Buckingham. So ... Well, as I say, anytime you want to get away, feel free.

All right?

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[alt_harry]

I don't want to make him happy. That's the last thing I want to do. I just want to keep him from hurting as many people as I can.

He nearly destroyed Hogwarts just to put me through a test. Sophie Fleet died because of it. And when we did what we did to Madame Umbridge, it wasn't because that's what he wanted. It's because it was what we needed to do.

[alt_sirius]

But my point, Harry, is that he's going to hurt people whether you try to keep it from happening or not. And when he does, it's not because you did the right thing or the wrong thing. It's because he's an insane, power-mad murdering bastard.

And things like Madam Umbridge - well, that's what I mean. You weren't thinking about him and you did what you needed to do. Same with the Ministry and little Arista Selwyn. You weren't thinking about the consequences. And you did the right thing. Your only mistake was not telling us about it (though I've heard Miss Perks' theory that that was the Felix Felicis and thus was not a mistake). We're here to help you, Harry. All of you.

But if you trust your instincts, you'll be all right.

[alt_harry]

Okay.