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Keep telling yourself you're protecting them.

Dude, you just do the best you can. After that you have to cut yourself a little slack. ~~Which, is of course, easier said than done.~~

I could do better.

Maybe. But a lot is hind sight. And sometimes? Sometimes shit happenes, and you can't stop it.

Traitor

You misunderstand me, Bellatrix. *thinest smile* I am remaining "in character"

Do not lose hope.

...I must be getting senile. You'd think I cared about the little beasts. *blinks, licks lips* Students. I meant students.

It's all right to care for them. I'm losing my first group of students this year. Been with them for years and now they're leaving.

The Dark Lord would have my hide if he knew I nursed such...weakness. *shivers, bitterly* And if I did care about them, I wouldn't let the Carrows get away with half the nonsense they do...I would do ...something. *snorts* And it would be the last thing I ever did.

Severus Snape. *meets his eyes* You are not a bad Headmaster. You are simply a conflicted man. The conditions are undesirable and you've a need to protect yourself which is human nature.

One day, though, and don't laugh...You're going to see that you are a small part of things and these children are everything.

*straightens suddenly, half-expecting to get house points deducted or detention because he was called by his his full name*

Yes sir. *biting the inside of his lip to keep the rebuttal down, and fails miserably* Just do not expect me to hug them.

*LAUGHS* Afraid of getting a disease? They don't bite.

I adopted one of my first years, actually.

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