There is a silence after that, because... well. It's not like it's easy to breach twelve years of silence, not to mention the preceding two years of understatements. How do you even breach that, during a casual walk in the forest?

"I know. But... Fuck, Remus, it's all everyone's got all over their face, whoever I see. What do you want me to say? I spent twelve years there, then I ran away. Now it would be nice to leave the place. If you want to make me feel better, just... talk to me about what you've been doing. Stupid life things. How do you take your tea these days? I don't know, anything."