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The chalk piece hovered next to the board and he took a breath before beginning.
"Imagine that Lord Voldemort is still in power now. You don't know who his supporters are, you don't know who is working for him and who isn't: you know that he can control people so that they do terrible things without being able to stop themselves. You're scared for yourself, and your family, and your friends. Every week, news comes of more deaths, more disappearances, more torturing."
His hands had come up, gesturing with each sentence. The students hung on every word.
"The Ministry of Magic is in disarray, they don't know what to do, they're trying to keep everything hidden from the Muggles, but meanwhile, the Muggles are dying too. Terror everywhere... panic... confusion... that's how it used to be."
Lupin paused, hands frozen in the air.
Then he continued, "That is, until the night of October 31st, 1978."