  After the crying subsided James made a show to clear his throat. He called for Harry's attention and then spun a tale that, if Harry hadn't have had the gift of looking at a person's magic, would seem to be entirely false. He told him of Peter, their friend and close confidant, who had betrayed them at a critical moment in the war. How this rat had been the reason Harry spent years out in London. The rat that had unknowingly sent him into the jaws of Sapphire. And now this rat was alive and had been living free for years.