Sirius felt as though his chest might burst from sheer relief. He reached out to shake George's hand but then changed his mind and hugged him instead, forcefully but briefly, laughing the whole while. "Thank you, mate, I'm so glad. He got out of it all okay, though, did he? Wasn't too hard on him? And, and the others in the Order, did they fare all right? Obviously not everyone, I know, but last I saw things looked pretty tight in the Department of Mysteries and I just wanted to make sure...everyone...got out okay," he said, gulping nervously. Remus was the only one he really cared about, but he couldn't bring himself to straight out ask when the answer mattered to him so much.

The odds for Remus weren't that great, he knew. As long as Harry was all right, well...he'd be okay.

"How'd Harry manage it, anyway?" he asked.