Make sure you have a solid foundation for the walls you're building.

[ Just another bit of advice he had over the years with his studies. A little old fashioned sounding but still it means the same thing, right? ]

Me? [ He toyed with the edge of the book in front of him, his fingers lightly ruffling the pages though he wasn't really looking at it. Was that place a fevered dream or an actual moment held in place by the Hallows? Was it death just beyond? He did know that he was not going to survive, not with the poison and the wounds and everything. ]

Yes. To save the life of a loved one, I stepped into the path of destruction.