"So, why did you defect, Pans?" he asked pointedly, trying to divert her and almost regretting it when her face fell and crumpled. "I mean, I know it was the – the werewolf issue. But...how did it happen?" he continued a little more gently. "Your parents aren't Death Eaters, and you were just another recruit when you joined – not anyone important enough for You-know-who to want to punish." He remembered his own punishments and he shuddered, his stump throbbing with the memory and his skin crawling.