Remus did read Hagrid's note again. His request was simple and logical: pictures of Lily and James for Harry, because he didn't have any. The kind hearted gamekeeper had probably send the exact same note to dozens of friends and acquaintances of the Potters, but Remus knew that there was only one person, who had as many if not more of them than all the others combined, and it was him.
He pulled a tiny box from under his bed. During his wanderings he had carefully stored it, but it hadn't been opened in nearly eleven years. Remus looked at it for a long time. Could he manage to see all those smiling faces of the past, knowing that none of them were laughing today? Lily, James and Peter were dead. Sirius was in Azkaban and he was sitting here, all alone. But what would Harry get if it wasn't from him? A class picture maybe and one from the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Most likely someone still had a picture of James with the Quidditch Cup in his hand. But he doubted it would be much more. He couldn't do that to the son of one of his best friends. If James had spent three years becoming an Animagus he could look at pictures for a few hours. He opened the box, but it took him some time before he opened his eyes as well.
In the hours that followed the tears didn't stop flowing for a single moment. At last he selected about thirty pictures that he thought were suitable to send back to Hagrid. He had to make sure that Peter or he didn't show up on them as more than a normal classmate. Sirius had caused more trouble, because he and James had barely left each other side in the seven years they attended Hogwarts. He only hesitated about the photograph of Lily and James on their wedding day. Sirius was standing behind them, but could he deny Harry a picture of a moment when his parents were blissfully happy? This was before the prophecy and everything that came after that. He made a decision and put the photo on the approved stack. Why Harry should pay attention to an unknown man in the background when his parents were in the front, laughing and waving?