"I didn't give up because it was hard to find the way out," Radley says. "I gave up because I'd been brutally beaten, my shock collar was still shocking me worse and worse every time it activated, and I'd been abandoned. It felt like there was no reason to even keep fighting to live." He smiles wanly. "If I'd had even one person back then, I would have fought with all my might to live.

"Somehow I survived, but the scars are still there on my heart."

He smiles more as Harry stays and brings out his flashlight. "Thank you for coming for me, and staying."

A bit of light shines at the end of the tunnel.