a decent, refreshing take on The Prank. I do like the fact that there's a sort of pervasive numbness here in Remus' movements and thought processes, and the fact that his perceptions have changed, will change because of this. I do like the fact that you make Remus think of what the whole quarrel would be like Remus can imagine what Snape said, the kind of things Snape says. How that would make Sirius let loose his torrent of poisonous wit, all the more damaging for requiring no effort, or, apparently, conscious thought - and the fact that well, no matter how on the surface he says that he forgives Sirius, things have changed irretrivably (sp?) and although it's painful, the distance begins His friends are there to help, and he has learned to let them, accept borrowed notes, stolen food, and a hand on his back. It will take time to unlearn that.

I liked the weariness of this piece - of the fact that Remus escapes into sleep, but that the pain follows him even into the land of nod, and when he's woken up, everything has gotten just a little dimmer -Sirius turns around and his smile is broken, barely visible in the dark room. Remus remembers how that smile would have made him feel just a few days ago.