"Sorry," Harry said, immediately sounding guilty. His eyes darted back to the board.
"I don't blame you then," Harry said. "For not having faith in people."
Adjusting how he sat awkwardly, he said, "It's a thin line, I think. And it depends on what you've seen. And to be perfectly honest, just because I know people who are decent, I'm not exactly certain the people here won't be horrible somehow."
Only time would tell.
"I am, by the way," he added, with a grim little smile turning up at the corner of his mouth, "terribly sorry that I've helped this conversation take such a turn for the depressing. I've been a bit on the grim side lately."
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"I don't blame you then," Harry said. "For not having faith in people."
Adjusting how he sat awkwardly, he said, "It's a thin line, I think. And it depends on what you've seen. And to be perfectly honest, just because I know people who are decent, I'm not exactly certain the people here won't be horrible somehow."
Only time would tell.
"I am, by the way," he added, with a grim little smile turning up at the corner of his mouth, "terribly sorry that I've helped this conversation take such a turn for the depressing. I've been a bit on the grim side lately."