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"No... you can't..."

"I... I had no choice!"

"I had no choice!"

"The Dark Lord was so powerful. Who could possibly stand against him?"

"Why couldn't you just submit to him?"

"I... I only wanted to survive..."

Lupin roared, "Survive? What do you think the people who risked their lives to protect your worthless life would think?"

"What do you think James and Lily would think?"

"Didn't they want to survive too?"

"They were so good to you... Why did you do this?!"

"You got the people who had shown you kindness killed like this..."

"Yes! You did survive! But! All these years, have you really lived with a clear conscience?"

Peter's legs gave out beneath him, and he collapsed onto the ground.

The remorse he had kept suppressed for so long surged up within him again.

"No... you don't understand..."

"You don't understand how terrifying the Dark Lord is..."

"I'd bet that if you had been standing before him back then, you would have compromised too!"

Lupin roared, "I would compromise? Let me tell you, Peter! I would rather die than do something like betraying my friends, betraying my closest friends!"

"If it were me, I would raise my Wand and duel him!"

"Even if my Wand broke and my arms and legs were shattered, I would still use my teeth to attack! Not this so-called compromise!"

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"You're just talking big. You have no idea... how terrifying he is... If you stood before him, you'd be just like me!"

Peter screamed hysterically, emphasizing Voldemort's terror.

It was as though only by doing so could he lessen the shame in his heart.

"You shameless bastard!" Lupin said furiously. "You were cowardly and afraid of trouble. You never set foot on a battlefield! You have no