I'm glad you liked it. Yes, I agree Harry would not have understood, but I think that's one case of Snape thinking with his heart and not his head, and also with his head and not his heart. On one hand, he needed absolution for what happened, and on the other, he probably knows down deep that he's being unfair in phrasing it that way to a young boy. I do so love the complexity of Severus Snape. :) Thank you for commenting!