[Point and point again. The ferocity that he couldn't face was evident in her tone, and was impossible for him to ignore without leaving the room. He didn't, because he understood on a deep, unspoken level that he needed his friends. He always did.
They were forever his anchor...and, in his concern for them, he was trying to reverse their roles. It was a hard lesson, but he was starting to understand that a man without an anchor couldn't anchor anyone else.
He needed to find a new one, somehow.
After a long moment Lupin returned his gaze to her's, his agitation replaced with something else that he couldn't quite define.]
Adele. [His voice was soft and a little strained.] They're gone. Do you have any idea what my friends, all of them, mean to me?
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They were forever his anchor...and, in his concern for them, he was trying to reverse their roles. It was a hard lesson, but he was starting to understand that a man without an anchor couldn't anchor anyone else.
He needed to find a new one, somehow.
After a long moment Lupin returned his gaze to her's, his agitation replaced with something else that he couldn't quite define.]
Adele. [His voice was soft and a little strained.] They're gone. Do you have any idea what my friends, all of them, mean to me?