"I bet it was," Harry griped. "But the Bond, as you know, is an actual spell. It tethers spouses together, and other magic can be passed along it, if you choose to use it like that. Emotions, too, you know. You ... er ... might have felt a similar type of thing during the Induction Ritual. Sorry if that overwhelmed you ... I didn’t mean to hold on that long ... it should have been over in less than a second ... but I just, er, got carried away."