"You didn't hesitate for a second when it came to protecting me. And suddenly I realized that if it had been the other way round, I would have done the same. In fact, I had already done the same, which enabled Greyback to disarm me in the first place. But something like that must not happen in combat. Never. You always have to be in control. Of course, you also take care of your partner, but your own life comes first. It even has to. If your partner is badly injured, then you need to be able to get them back to camp. Being headless, getting sidetracked, worrying excessively - in an emergency there is no room for such sentiments. It scared me how fucking headless we were that night. Both of us. In my opinion, it was a security risk to keep taking you with me. A risk I wanted to eradicate. It's as simple as that."