Peter sighed. "Apparently she was good, that's what I've been told. Even taught it to Draco. I know what logic says about this. I almost wished that you and Sirius could tell me that Marlene was wrong. The bitch did it for no reason, just to fuck with me," he said, shaking his head. "Or maybe because she wanted to kill a few extra Muggles for the hell of it." He looked at James. "If she arrives, I hope no one has a problem with me killing her." He wasn't sure that he could. He'd always defended himself, but he couldn't imagine killing someone in cold blood. Or couldn't have before coming here, but the more he found out about the situation, the more he thought that he just might.
He chuckled at James' reaction. "I'm not sure you should mention that there are other things that come before your son, but top three is a pretty good placement." He looked at James as they walked. "I see a lot of you and Lily in him. The kindness is definitely Lily," he teased. "I'm sorry you didn't see him grow up. I'm sorry that I let Bella push me into that decision and how it snowballed. I never wanted to see you hurt and I'm glad that I died saving Harry. At least I made things a little better in the end. I know you have no reason to believe me now, but I'll do everything to make sure he's all right now, even if he's older than us."
He huffed at the last comment. "James, we don't know Regulus and he can't be that much of a tosser if Remus likes him. Why do we even think he's a tosser? Other than being a Slytherin?" And unlike the new generations, that was a pretty important factor in their books, but Peter knew that they had to move past it for Remus' sake.