"Stop that," said Albus sharply, giving his old student a stern look. The effect was mostly lost, since Severus wasn't looking at him, but he carried on all the same. The others were dead or gone, but if he said the right words, perhaps this student could be saved. And so he had to try. "There is always something to do with your life," he said, and then, "Make it so that Lily Potter's sacrifice was not in vain." Make it so that someone from your generation actually survives this mess. Please. "I hope and pray that Harry Potter was the prophesied child, that Voldemort is dead and gone, but if not - "