"Did I say I did? I said I would!" Sirius neatly sidestepped answering the question truthfully. Perhaps he was more like his family than he'd ever considered. "Don't make this all about you. I needed time away for a veritable multitude," he added an exaggerated tone to the pompous words, "of reasons. Of which you were only one."
Sirius put his hands over Remus's and squeezed. "Remus, you know that she wants to get her hands on the ultimate Blood Traitor more than anything. We plan it out right, I'm only in there for a bit before you, James and the rest come riding to the rescue. You'll be knights to rescue the fair damsel in distress," Sirius said while feigning a faint as if he were a damsel in distress. "And I would be the fairest damsel in distress ever."