Remus watches the scene blankly, face slack, body limp. …But some clockwork had been sparked behind all that. A reality outside himself, grounding. —and he didn't like seeing others suffer… but knowing this was real, not just himself going insane… It helped.

"You knew the truth," he said finally. He could have meant her instincts as a child. Then he said, "What you've told me. That must mean the truth will come to light?"