"Y'know, it probably wouldn't have mattered. I was very desperate to not feel alone back then." Only he knew that wasn't it. He knew that he had known Harry for real back when he'd seen his humanity. "I've gotten used to the loneliness by now. Safer that way, anyway."

He shrugged and stepped outside the circle, so he could walk over to the confessional. "I need to confess properly. Then I'll show you how I party."

That said he walked into the confession booth, shutting the door behind himself.