James is happy. The war is behind them, which at one dark period of his life, James believed was never going to happen. It was difficult at first—learning how to live instead of just surviving. The simplest of things still felt surreal sometimes, things like sitting and reading, making coffee in the morning, or going out for lunch at the three broomsticks with all of his friends. The domesticity of life is something James will never take for granted again, not now when he knows how fierce and grueling life can be. 