"I don't know what his usual style is, Remus, and you might be right about this being out of character, but you don't know what happened the last time," James said. "I've heard the stories from my family, which are more telling than the history books. The Order practically disintegrated. My Dad wouldn't tell anyone what he was doing; Severus had no support. People started casting the Unforgivables, like there was nothing."
James didn't like to lie, but he wasn't sure that he was ready to disclose the fact that Dumbledore was dying. "He knows what happened the last time, and he's not one to make mistakes, let along the same mistake twice. He's making sure that everyone is ready if something were to happen to him. He's not just training you, but all of us. He's making sure that he has all of his Ts crossed, and not just today but for a long time to come. He's 115, Remus, and Voldemort is 18. He's preparing for years to come."