"- mmf?" mumbles Cam at the confusing mixed signals.

"Even 1802 has figured out that this is super evil," he says, and pets him, and tries to have uncomplicated preferences about what Cam is doing while he thinks - 

- okay. He wants Cam to go find Michael and tell him that Miranda's father's a Muggle and her mother a Muggle-born.

Cam instead burrows a little further into the snuggle and sighs.

- okay. 

- no deathwish, though? -

Hard to tell with his face smushed against Timothy like that. It's... convenient that he doesn't have to breathe?

He feels terrifically convenienced.

Cuddles.

"Thanks," Cam murmurs into Timothy's robes.

Oh good he still hadn't been entirely sure - 

"It's dead, Miranda killed it. If you missed that bit."

"- what's dead? What happened?"

" - that was a Dementor."

"Oh."

"A Dementor that is now dead, we didn't even know that was possible."

"Good for Miranda."

"Yeah. You should let her know you're okay, when you are in fact okay. - what did it do -"

"It was - the part when I was watching the planet crumple and I couldn't change my mind any more and even if I checked my mail and in the three seconds since I'd last checked it someone had sent a desperate message to abort - something wrong with the oath, some way to kill Melkor or sabotage the uploads, some excuse - too late, it was always going to be a thing I did - and right then for just a second I was convinced there'd be a letter like that when I checked -"

Squeeze. 

"I'm so sorry."

"You helped. It's okay."

"I mind-controlled you while believing you wouldn't be okay with me doing that. Very helpful."

"You say that as though it is somehow false."

"I just - you can in fact be upset by that if you want, it wouldn't be unreasonable -"

Snuggle.

Snuggle.

"What happened after she killed it?"

"- I was still in exams - everyone came running and you looked really awful so they had Michael repeatedly stunning you - Michael asked Miranda if he should try a cheering charm, she was worried it'd just confuse you - I came back - they explained what was going on - I thought this'd work to snap you out of it so I tried to cast it and couldn't - told Miranda that - she tried to convince me that you wouldn't be okay with it, that - you told me not to do it again and I hadn't even asked her permission and you'd be angry - she was lying, I noticed - I thanked her for trying - 

- then Michael erased the last thirty seconds and Confunded me and had her try again and that time I didn't notice she was lying so I believed her and then I could cast it and then my family noticed I was gay and then I told everyone to go away and brought you here - 

- uh, we just cuddled, if you don't remember -"

"I remember all the parts after you cast it. It's fine." Snuggle.