He kept eating, taking a little more as well. "Where did you think I would be? I am not abandoning you because you feel bad." He bit his lip, cursing himself for the choice of words. Scorpius always seemed to say the wrong thing, especially when he didn't have to mind his thoughts so much. "I didn't really mean it like that but still."
"You like to make things better, but I'm sick of having problems. I think this is the first time the shoe has been on the other foot and it will probably be the last." He laughed thinking of how crazy he must have seemed. "You did put up with all of that."
"Do you know what I learned? I learned how to keep walking. You just take what you have to, and keep moving, and pretty soon, you don't have to force yourself to get up in the morning."