He had spent too long in the inbetweens, too long denying the existence of the extremes.

that is pefect. at this point i balk at a lot of the characterizations of Remus i see (uh. even canon, sometimes.), and you write him so, so beautifully, MR or otherwise. just the fact that he sees the Leaky Cauldron as a fight and not a dance? i'm being terribly inarticulate, i can't even tell you why, but that makes sense. the whole thing does.

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