When you lose something you can’t replace

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"Speech!"
The hug was reassuring and welcomed warmly as he returned the gesture, grateful for her compassion. She pulled back some as she exclaimed about the castle, calling it cursed, and begging not to go back. He couldn't promise Sirius wouldn't pressure to have her return home, what with two other of her siblings residing there currently. Artorias, at least, would only be temporary. A small sigh left his perma-frown as he caught her mismatched eyes. He couldn't make promises, but he could at least do his best. He pulled her into a hug again before speaking softly.

"If you promise to me and to Sirius that you will train alongside the other students, then I don't think you have anything to worry about. But it's not easy. It's a lot of sparring, scouting, hunting, it's work." He didn't want to lie to her, life in the Armada was tough.

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