Remus chuckles wetly at her words, an echo of the assurances she gave him before his first year at Hogwarts, terrified of going to school for the first time, of not making friends, of people finding out his secret. His terror had overcome his excitement the moon before school, and he’d nearly refused to go, but Hope had told him to be brave, and maybe it would be worth it. Remus still thinks that was why he ended up in Gryffindor.