He stepped back in his confusion and flinched as the Potter boy began to approach him slowly, as if approaching a rabid scared animal. It angered him that he suddenly began to feel things, the pain in his body was subsiding, and in his horror began to realize the absorption was nearly complete. Potter was close to him now, and he felt as if he was being pushed into a corner. He jumped at Potter, grasped the boy's throat harshly and pushed him to the bed in his quarters; the small boy gasped in pain but stayed still.