Private to Remus Lupin

[reluctant_pawn]

[PRIVATE TO REMUS LUPIN]

Lupin,

We need to discuss your Wolfsbane treatments.

S. Snape

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[mrmoonypresents]

Snape,

I was going to drop by to inquire. Are you willing? I would be happy to compensate you for the costs.

R. Lupin

[reluctant_pawn]

If it means you don't go on a rampage through town, of course I'm willing.

Thus far, the Wolfsbane has been ineffective. Without access to potion ingredients, we've been attempting to find suitable alternatives. It is still experimental at best.

Do I need to worry about you hexing me on sight?

[mrmoonypresents]

What ingredients are you missing?

No.

[reluctant_pawn]

Ashwinder eggs and powdered bicorn horn are the two we've yet to find a suitable substitute for.

It's my understanding that the previous version of you had been kidnapped and experimented on with positive results. Apparently a concoction of Muggle drugs. Whether you wish to pursue that avenue is, of course, up to you.

[mrmoonypresents]

I don't really want to be experimented on. Who kidnapped him if I were going to ask after the results?

[reluctant_pawn]

I don't know, and the idiot didn't seem inclined to find out. He didn't seem at all bothered by the whole thing, despite the fact he came back bruised and bloody. I'm sure if you put something up on the forums asking, someone will take the credit.

[mrmoonypresents]

I think I'll investigate, then. If someone does come forward with a supposed cure, I would appreciate your help in assessing its validity.

[reluctant_pawn]

As you wish. Just don't be foolish enough to go anywhere without your wand or your pet dog. I have no idea if they're still interested in you or not, but Harry would be upset if you were to disappear yet again.

[mrmoonypresents]

I'm not seventeen, Severus. I can take care of myself.

[reluctant_pawn]

At one time I believed that to be true.

[mrmoonypresents]

What changed your mind?

[reluctant_pawn]

The idiocy of the last resident of this town calling himself Remus Lupin. He had no sense of self preservation and while normally I wouldn't care one way or another, Harry and Teddy do, which makes it my problem.

[mrmoonypresents]

Don't judge me by the actions of another man.

[reluctant_pawn]

I have nothing else to judge you by. Prove me wrong. We were forced to ban the last one from Teddy to ensure his safety. Fair warning.

[mrmoonypresents]

Judge me by my actions as the man you knew me as. It isn't as though we're strangers, Severus.

Don't you dare hold Teddy over me as some sort of leverage to ensure that I'm a good boy.

[reluctant_pawn]

Aren't we? Then you had no doubts as to my loyalty to the Order? Never once questioned my actions?

Make no mistake, Lupin, I'll do whatever it takes to protect Teddy, even from you if necessary. It is not a threat or an ultimatum, merely a statement of fact.