"I love you."

"You left me."

"Because I love you."

"You still left me."

"I'm sorry. I had no choice."

"I know."

"You understand why I had to do it."

"Yes. Because you're brave and noble and you had to save the wizarding world. Of course I understand, but it just about killed me anyway."

"It didn't, though. It didn't kill you. Because you're stronger than that. You're one of the strongest people I've ever met."

"I'm strong because I have to be."

"They needed you, you know. All those kids at Hogwarts."

"Not just me. Neville and Luna too."

"All three of you. What you did was amazing."

"Well it was no flying out of Gringotts on a dragon, but we did our best to fill in for you, Ron and Hermione."

"Fill in? Are you joking? You did more than fill in. I've been talking to some of the kids, and they see you guys as absolute heroes."

"Us? Nah, you three are the real heroes."

"Not in the same way. They all knew we were off fighting Voldemort or something – but it was you, Neville and Luna who were actually there, keeping their morale up and showing them how to fight back. For them, you were the true heroes, in a much more real way than I could ever be."

"I suppose. Maybe you're right. Maybe it wasn't a matter of you going off to do the heroic stuff, and me being left behind for my safety. Maybe it was more that we had different roles to fulfil – mine in Hogwarts and yours outside it. We were just unlucky enough to have to be apart during that, unlike Ron and Hermione, or Neville and Hannah."
"Yeah, maybe."

"I love you."

"And you know I love you too."