I don't make promises I don't think I'll be able to keep Lupin. But. I will do my best to keep my nose clean. Will that suffice?

[Optimism's never been her strong suit, but resolve? That much she understood. That she had in spades. That's what kept her going for the past six years. Here, though, the uncertainty of anything and everything was whittling away at that bit by bit. She'd have to try to bolster herself up again somehow.]