The boy calls attention to the scar Sirius had just been eyeing and none of what he says contradicts anything Sirius already knows as truth. He doesn't mention that it had been Sirius's idea to change Secret Keepers at the last moment, but it's truth all the same.
He says 'Lily' and not 'Mum.' Such a small detail, but it catches. Snags. This boy-- Harry. He's never really known his mother. He's never really known just how much she loved him.
Except by means of a scar.
"Nearly," Sirius echoes, feeling the panic and anger under his skin subsiding, making way for the fear and dread just beneath. A part of him still desperately wants to believe the boy is lying, wants to hold tight to the notion, the mere possibility that James and Lily are still alive. But he needs to hear more; he needs to see how far this tale goes. "Not completely. So the prophecy was wrong? Were you not his downfall after all?"
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Date: 2016-02-05 05:44 pm (UTC)He says 'Lily' and not 'Mum.' Such a small detail, but it catches. Snags. This boy-- Harry. He's never really known his mother. He's never really known just how much she loved him.
Except by means of a scar.
"Nearly," Sirius echoes, feeling the panic and anger under his skin subsiding, making way for the fear and dread just beneath. A part of him still desperately wants to believe the boy is lying, wants to hold tight to the notion, the mere possibility that James and Lily are still alive. But he needs to hear more; he needs to see how far this tale goes. "Not completely. So the prophecy was wrong? Were you not his downfall after all?"