"What you - what you shouted ... You don't have to hurt anyone, Al. You don't have to do anything, and no one in the world has the right to ask you to. Shouldn't you know that by now?" Meanwhile, Avery has stopped stroking Albus. He just holds him in his arms, filling him with that reassuring warmth that Scorpius, despite his jealousy, could use a dose of as well.