Harry Potter and the Silvertongue's Aid, Chapter 6
(HP/His Dark Materials)
(HP/His Dark Materials)
Quote: Harry finally opens up to Lyra, in clear, certain terms what he has suffered at the Dursleys, allowing Lyra and Madame Bones to properly launch their investigation and begin the process of permanently separating him from his relatives - beginning with granting Lyra herself emergency custody of him until the investigation is finished. But just because progress is being made doesn't mean things are simple, and Harry and Lyra both are thrust into a position of turbulent, sensitive emotions. And when the heightened emotions of two traumatized individuals boil over to the surface, it puts the burgeoning bond between Harry and Lyra to the test...
“We can never undo what we have done. We can never go back in time. We write history with our decisions and our actions. But we also write history with our responses to those actions. We can leave the pain and the damage in our wake, unattended, or we can do the work of acknowledging and fixing, to whatever extent possible, the harm that we have caused.”
— On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg
— On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg