Sirius Black had received his redemption early. Upon leaving Azkaban, he was immediately admitted to St. Mungo's for treatment.
Having spent nearly a decade in prison facing the Dementors, the man had survived entirely on hatred. Now, suddenly cleared of all charges, he had nowhere to channel his fury toward Peter Pettigrew. This left him utterly lost, drifting through his days at St. Mungo's in a daze.
Perhaps because he had lost the will to live, two months of treatment had yielded barely any results.
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