He shook his head again, "I think...," he said haltingly, "I think he did it to  spare me," the words appeared like a revelation. Of course, the self-sacrificing Harry Potter would try and face death on his own to save anyone else the agony of the truth. His emotions broiled in his chest again -  anger-loss-despair-regret all competing for his attention. In the end, they all just left him feeling intensely sad.