[ that explains... a little bit. Not very much. It's not an answer that makes him particularly happy, either. He waves off Dextera's apology, but he still looks very concerned. ]

It's -- fine. Just explain a little bit beforehand next time. [ Maybe he hadn't said anything because he knew Lupin might not approve? That would make Dex more canny than he'd thought. ] ... I hope you thought long and hard about that before you did it.

[ it seems foolish to admonish him for it when Lupin still doesn't know his circumstances in detail, and doubly so when there's nothing he can do to get them back now. Still, it doesn't sit well with him. It's true that it's important to move on from the past. But that doesn't mean forgetting it. Remembering mistakes made helps you avoid them in the future - and holding onto the pain from those mistakes keeps the people who suffered from them from fading away. That's what Lupin believes, at least. ]