"I’m sorry for how I reacted that night," Sev. said as they broke apart. "I put you through hell, but I want you to know how scared I was that night. I went to check up on something, and my pendant burned so warm; I felt terrified that perhaps the troll had gotten to you, Harry. I never want you to take any risks like that in the future. You are but a child, taking on an adult troll. What would you have done had Mr. Malfoy or I not been there in time? I swore to protect you, as you remember, but I cannot do so if you are as reckless as your father."