Lily calmed more at his touch, sniffing as she wiped her eyes one more time, clarifying the image in front of her. He wasn't angry. He hadn't been angry then and he wasn't now. Relief poured through her body and when she took a breath something in her felt lighter, both in weight and luminosity. "It's okay," she said in response to his apology. "I remember it all the time, it's..." There was nothing to say. Of course the memory dominated her thoughts, but she'd never committed it to words. Somehow, talking about it made it more real.

As soon as his voice tensed, though, Lily pulled back and her hands flew to her mouth. "I'm sorry!" She gasped. It was a bad question. It hadn't seemed bad, but they'd done something to him, and...and...she was such an idiot, why did she ask that? "I was just wondering, I didn't mean to-" To make him angry? To upset him? Truthfully, Lily wasn't sure what she'd done, but she knew she'd done something wrong.