"You child will never fear you, Remus. Just as I don't fear you. Love is stronger than fear. And... if... If it is passed to your child, then he will need you all the more! Do you truly wish to leave him alone through this?! No, we don't know what is to come, or what will change, but we shouldn't be doing it alone! I can't... can't do this alone, Remus. Please." Tonks whispered faintly, taking one shaking step in his direction but not actually able to get the strength to go farther.
He had demolished her with his determination to leave. He had taken everything she loved, all she fought for, and ripped it from her heart. Now she stood empty, cold, and so very alone. She couldn't even find any more words, though tears finally broke their way through. The only last show of emotion from Nymphadora were the silent and steady streaks of saline down her ashen pale face. She couldn't move, could barely breathe, but she could cry. Tears were all she had left with him gone from her grasp.