Laying back, giving a formidable star-fish impression, the young man shook his head. "Severus ... he just makes sense. He was a bastard, but he never treated me like a celebrity or a pariah, according to public opinion. He protected me, and ..." He rose agitated and started to attack the training dummies. "Dumbledore he, ... he manipulated me from day one. Do you know how that feels? To discover that every bad thing in your life can be traced back to one man? A man who claims to have had your best interest at heart. Bill told Ron that he's still scheming with the Order to get me back from Sirius. Who does that to an orphan, take him away from the only "family" he has left? Do you know how hard it is to open up to someone after that? But Severus ... he is ... reliable. I trust him. To know he's there is ... safe." With a slashing motion, a training dummy was cut in two.