"Okay, look, I get the whole fatherly thing from my father, but he's Harry Potter, poster boy for Gryffindor, and saviour of the world, but even he knows that people die. You should know better," James answered.
"Maybe I'm wrong, and if I survive, I doubt a few punch will matter," he added. "The point is that I've known that I was going to die from the start. I'm humouring everyone and have been since it happened." He wanted to spare their feelings, but he didn't have with Cass. "I know I'm dying, but I plan to do as much as I can from now until it happens, beating up Pettigrew is just one of those things."