A start is all he can really hope for. "You don't deserve it, Sirius. No one deserves that, and especially not you." Sirius may say and think some truly awful things sometimes but he's still one of the first friends Remus has ever had, and he doesn't ever want him to believe that this could possibly be his fault. He has to tell someone. There must be someone who can do something, who can make sure Sirius is safe, that he doesn't have to go back.

There has to be.