"But it is," Cedric insisted stubbornly. "There were so many things that went wrong to lead to the deaths. Pettigrew made the choice, You Know Who targeted the Potters for his reasons, and the conditions were just right. It's the same with my death. Should I focus the blame on Harry for taking me with him and not being alert enough, myself for doing the same, the other champions not doing as well and leaving it up to us, the Death Eater who organized the whole plot, Pettigrew for killing me, him for ordering it? I know I can't fix it, Sirius." Of course not, though he wished he could. He hated to see the poor man suffer.

"But know that I don't have any ill will toward you at all."