"I told him it was Voldemort the night before. That, had he considered it, would have given him some insight into what might be there. I am not saying that anyone forced me. I went all on my own." Scorpius wasn't going to voice his reasons for it. Those were his own.
"I haven't forgotten. Don't think I don't have my reasons for saying it. I would find a way to survive though. That is the point. I don't want someone to use saving me just to relieve a guilty conscience."
"Do what you have to do?" he said. He had known Dylan would go straight to James. It was a lot like school politics with them. In a way it was a good thing. He didn't know if it would stop Jamie or make him take Dylan but he figured it to be the former and not the latter.