Dialogue Drabble: Albus and Severus talking over tea late one evening in Harry Potter's 6th year.
A fire crackled somewhere behind them, spoken into the silence....
"In life there are moments when you look at your own actions with a sharp awareness of your frailties and flaws; seeing what you could have done better had you known, had you reacted fast enough or with a different tact."
Severus watched the old man's eyes, seeing glassy blues that didn't look at him but back at all those 'mistakes'. "Albus..."
"Don't interrupt an old man's wisdom, lad. I might not have time left to think these thoughts again." He huffed a sigh. "In those moments, Severus, my only advise is remember the present ticks ever on and you only ever need look back as long as it might help you forward."
Closing his lightly parted lips the younger man could think of nothing to say.
"Sherbert lemon?"
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