"We are close now. Remus, I need you. That's why I came to get you. I can't get anything in Diagon Alley or whatever. Need potion ingredients, need supplies... I mean, Harry's school age now, but I can't exactly show up at any school. I reckon he can't really either. They'd question him on me, if they ever catch on."

Why did it have to be so complicated? Long-term planning had never been a particular strength of his, as complex as his pranks might have gotten at times. "I've been trying to teach him, but... Blimey, Moony, you know how bad I always was with it all. I just keep tossing around balls with him instead."