"I don't know. ...I don't think so. He wouldn't take the risk of just one. I don't know what they would be, but—"
He goes silent abruptly as Remus asks him why. He won't understand, he thinks, glancing down and away, he won't understand why Regulus had acted out once Kreacher had been hurt. No one does, no one in the wizarding world thinks about house-elves beyond noticing when they're not there, and he doesn't want to try to explain and fall short.
But then he looks up and meets Remus' eyes again, steadier now. That, at least, he can answer without hesitation. "I would. I don't have any secrets left."
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He goes silent abruptly as Remus asks him why. He won't understand, he thinks, glancing down and away, he won't understand why Regulus had acted out once Kreacher had been hurt. No one does, no one in the wizarding world thinks about house-elves beyond noticing when they're not there, and he doesn't want to try to explain and fall short.
But then he looks up and meets Remus' eyes again, steadier now. That, at least, he can answer without hesitation. "I would. I don't have any secrets left."