This was something that Alex wasn't prepared for, honestly, and she just frowned at the thought of him being so desperate that he would do something like that. It was a desperation that was so deep that Alex didn't understand it, couldn't understand it because she had never been in a situation like that, and hopefully never would. She wished that he had never had to deal with it.

When he was finished, Alex didn't really have any words for him, a rarity for the reporter who could talk about most anything, and had many times over both back home and since she'd been here. So, she just hugged him, because he needed it, and because more often than not, Alex thought that hugs helped.

"I think you did spare them, Harry. I think you spared them, and I don't think they'd blame you for it." Her words are soft and spoken in with the hug. "I'm so sorry that you needed to do that."