[Body language is so much more limited than spoken word. He knows that if she looks at the facts, she'll realize he couldn't have done this, but how shaken with grief is she? How willing is she to look at the truth? The uncertainty in her gaze is a good sign, oh yes, a very good sign. It admits she isn't sure of her own actions, that she's willing to rethink her previous assumption. He looks at her, and swallows in part of an attempt to display a sort of uncertainty on his own part.
He does his best to look at her with a false but convincing under any other circumstances sort of understanding. Either way, it's clear he knows the gravity of the situation, that this person knew Snape and must have cared for him.]
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He does his best to look at her with a false but convincing under any other circumstances sort of understanding. Either way, it's clear he knows the gravity of the situation, that this person knew Snape and must have cared for him.]