When he came to the part of his story where he cut off Nagini’s head, Sirius seemed incapable of withholding his proud harumph, squeezing Harry’s shoulder tighter for a moment. They progressed to discussing Crouch’s attempted kidnap of him - here, he hedged around the edges of truth again. Claiming Voldemort had named Moody a plant, and that Draco must have seen him struggling to get away. Dumbledore only nodded sagely, saying, when he had finished, "Thank you for telling me all of that Harry - you have been exceptionally brave in the face of great adversity, braver than even full-grown wizards have been when confronted with the Dark Lord Voldemort," Sirius squeezed his shoulders again, reaching up to stroke a soothing hand through his hair, "And now, I have a tale of my own to tell you - a tale that I hope will explain to you why you had to suffer this terrible ordeal,"