Harry rose up out of the Pensieve with tears in his eyes, oddly moved. The memory of seeing his mother having relations with a man who was not his father should have disturbed him. If even a few things had gone differently, Harry suspected Lily might not have married James, thereby ensuring that he, Harry, would never have existed. Never been born. As it was, he could now see Snape's memory from that day by the lake more clearly, with a new and added context. The parting of ways between Harry's mother and the future Death Eater had been more painful than he had known.