Mock me if you will, Sirius. I know I fuss at you more often than any of the others, but someone must.

And for Merlin's sake, don't grow overconfident in your disguises. That can be a fatal mistake. Far better to assume they've discovered your secrets and keep safe than suppose yourself invincible and find to your cost it isn't so.

We need you for well more than smuggling. I hope you know that. There's no replacing you if you go.


Oh, don't get me started down that maudlin track. Just keep safe.