"There is a reason," she had said, wrapping her arms around him for what she didn’t know would be the last time, "There is a reason the Granger girl has spared you. If I were you, I would get to know her. Apologise to her. There’s not a lot of people you can trust these days, but you should trust and thank her. I would be willing to venture that she sees the same in you that I do. Despite your past, you are worth saving. You were trapped into making terrible choices against your will; I tried my best to protect you. As long as you accept your past and learn from it, you can only grow. You are worthy of living just as you are and she knows it. In your darkest moments, think of me and these words. Your life means something."