Re: The Crowd
Remus just stared at the other man's retreating back, wondering how Regulus had misunderstood his intent and words so badly. But, as much as he would have liked to follow after and explain himself to his lover, he had a responsibility to explain himself here, to make sure the people left -- if there were any after Regulus' outburst -- understood that he'd meant to show them the exact opposite.
And, truly, if he was failing this badly that even Regulus didn't understand what he was doing, maybe Moody ought to find someone else to do this all together and just let Remus join the rest of the canon fodder before Remus did get someone killed.