Your father would not seek out the Dark Lord, or search for him to see if the rumours were true, but he refused to drift along and merely hope for the best. If the Dark Lord was back, there would be no choice but to return to his service – the only other options were siding with blood traitors and mudbloods, or death. And your father wished for you to be ready should the Lord return; and so Lucius" demands upon you began to grow even more exacting than before. Because he knew the son of a Death Eater would have certain...expectations placed upon him by the Dark Lord. And then it was confirmed – the Dark Lord had risen again, and we were once more locked into servitude beneath him. And he was displeased with us for our disloyalty.