"I knew it was possible," Draco continued, closing his eyes, tears falling directly on the floor instead of sliding on his face. "Mother did the same for me more than once before. But I was afraid, because I had to lower her shields for it. I didn’t know if I would be able to lower them just enough for me to enter her mind without breaking them. As you know, the Cruciatus Curse gives the illusion of pain. It's not real, but the mind doesn't know it and will make every nerve hurt badly. She looked me into the eyes. The whole time she held eye contact. When Lestrange realised she couldn't break her, she tried another kind of pain. A cursed blade. I knew that blade, I still have the scars from it."