Sirius let go of Harry, smiling widely and genuinely for the first time at his godson. It finally hit him that Harry really was here and not dead or hurt or a prisoner somewhere. The amnesia was bad, yes, and Sirius wished he had been here to help, but he was here now and Harry seemed to be willing to trust him. As long as Harry had him, Sirius would do whatever was necessary to make sure everything would turn out okay.
He rested a hand lightly on Harry's shoulder when he answered the next question. "Well, I haven't exactly been in the picture for the past five years, so I couldn't tell you who's still living now." He isn't sure how to handle this, but guilt from five years ago about agreeing to keep Harry in the dark comes back to him. He doesn't want to upset Harry right now, but he isn't going to keep anything from him, either. "Look, there are some people out there who want to hurt you and your friends, and I don't know if anyone else has gotten," a pause, "hurt. When I left, you had an aunt and uncle and cousin, but they were a terrible lot, you never got on. The Weasleys would be missing you, they're a family you'd grown a bit close to, and their oldest boy Ron and a girl named Hermione were your best friends. If they're out there, they're looking for you, no question."
Okay, Sirius didn't know this for fact, but he'd liked Ron and Hermione, and would like to think they were loyal friends to Harry. But it's very possible they'd have given up-- according to Remus, Harry was presumed dead by many in the wizarding world.
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He rested a hand lightly on Harry's shoulder when he answered the next question. "Well, I haven't exactly been in the picture for the past five years, so I couldn't tell you who's still living now." He isn't sure how to handle this, but guilt from five years ago about agreeing to keep Harry in the dark comes back to him. He doesn't want to upset Harry right now, but he isn't going to keep anything from him, either. "Look, there are some people out there who want to hurt you and your friends, and I don't know if anyone else has gotten," a pause, "hurt. When I left, you had an aunt and uncle and cousin, but they were a terrible lot, you never got on. The Weasleys would be missing you, they're a family you'd grown a bit close to, and their oldest boy Ron and a girl named Hermione were your best friends. If they're out there, they're looking for you, no question."
Okay, Sirius didn't know this for fact, but he'd liked Ron and Hermione, and would like to think they were loyal friends to Harry. But it's very possible they'd have given up-- according to Remus, Harry was presumed dead by many in the wizarding world.