"Unlike most wizards my age, I was a skilled Occulumens. I could protect my thoughts from anyone, even the Dark Lord or Albus, the two greatest Legillimens of our time. That is why he wanted me so badly. I became his closest follower. I am ashamed to say that I believed in many of the illogical stuff he believed in, but Regulus helped me there and set me straight when I said or did something stupid. I have had time to think about what mattered in the ten years since his defeat.