Halloween sneaks up on Remus like it does every year. Living month-to-month, the only passage of time Remus takes any note of are the cycles of the moon and the changing of the seasons. It gets colder, and the leaves turn red, and Remus strengthens the warming charms on his threadbare coat. But then, on their third meeting at the local library, while Remus is explaining that they can’t use any resources at the Ministry and so will probably have to go through the Muggle adoption process, Sirius interrupts.