( She doesn't say that this is likely not all, that there could be something coming after the train, and that this can be a temporary reprieve. But then, isn't that the most they have had since they fell in with each other? He got away from a broken marriage, with someone who understood what Azkaban can do to a person. Bella lived, thanks to him, because the Dark Lord surely would have blamed her for not conceiving the child He'd wanted –– regardless of it, perhaps, being his failure.
She lived for a little while, and hated most of the end of it, thanks to the living, breathing proof of her treason against the Dark Lord.
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( She doesn't say that this is likely not all, that there could be something coming after the train, and that this can be a temporary reprieve. But then, isn't that the most they have had since they fell in with each other? He got away from a broken marriage, with someone who understood what Azkaban can do to a person. Bella lived, thanks to him, because the Dark Lord surely would have blamed her for not conceiving the child He'd wanted –– regardless of it, perhaps, being his failure.
She lived for a little while, and hated most of the end of it, thanks to the living, breathing proof of her treason against the Dark Lord.
Now, she leans against him, just slightly. )
For the time being, at least.
( She hesitates, then: )
Do you reckon the war will be won?