*Snape's expression changes to reflect some inner pain.*
Do you think I _wanted_ you to die? I hadn't killed unless I had to for years. _I_ didn't want your blood on my hands any more than anyone else's. I didn't say I was blameless. But as soon as the Dark Lord broke his trust with me, long before your death, I stopped following blindly. How many people that you cared for did he kill? What about Regulus there--everyone said the Dark Lord killed _him_. And he did not mourn your loss, either; others took your place. You, like all his followers, meant nothing to him.
*Snape pauses to take a breath, giving Barty one more look of sadness.*
My friend and I could have walked away and left you two here to be killed by this thing, but it was _I_ who told him we should try rescuing you. _I'm_ the one who told him we should give you a chance. I didn't save you then, but I have the chance to now. Let us help you.
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Date: 2010-02-21 01:43 pm (UTC)Do you think I _wanted_ you to die? I hadn't killed unless I had to for years. _I_ didn't want your blood on my hands any more than anyone else's. I didn't say I was blameless. But as soon as the Dark Lord broke his trust with me, long before your death, I stopped following blindly. How many people that you cared for did he kill? What about Regulus there--everyone said the Dark Lord killed _him_. And he did not mourn your loss, either; others took your place. You, like all his followers, meant nothing to him.
*Snape pauses to take a breath, giving Barty one more look of sadness.*
My friend and I could have walked away and left you two here to be killed by this thing, but it was _I_ who told him we should try rescuing you. _I'm_ the one who told him we should give you a chance. I didn't save you then, but I have the chance to now. Let us help you.