[ No one knows that bad things happen during war more than Severus. He's done plenty of those bad things - on both sides; and he will do more, more than he even knows, because it's necessary, and because no one else can do them. He's the one getting his hands dirty so that the rest of them can die honorably. ]
Any child having to go through that-- is an absolute failure on my part.
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[ No one knows that bad things happen during war more than Severus. He's done plenty of those bad things - on both sides; and he will do more, more than he even knows, because it's necessary, and because no one else can do them. He's the one getting his hands dirty so that the rest of them can die honorably. ]
Any child having to go through that-- is an absolute failure on my part.
He was terrified of me.