"You're right," he said to them timidly. "I'm sorry. For both of you. Not everything I told the Wizengamot was true. Even though Scorpius often tormented me, it might not be the reason why he died. Maybe, on my part, I just had to play along with someone who didn't give me a choice. I know I would deserved Azkaban, but please believe me, I wasn't lying when I said I freed my grandfather under the influence of the Imperius Curse."