"Harry," Tom began, tone beseeching, striding toward Harry. He reached out his hands and Harry slapped them away before they could make contact. "You must understand. He needed to die. He sentenced me to a life of misery and poverty. I could not forgive that! But don’t you see? You asked for mercy for my grandparents, and I gave them that, for you. I would have killed them if it were up to me, but you asked for them to be spared and so I spared them. I know you’re upset about the murder of my father but if you look at the big picture –"