"Theo has good reason to hate his father," Blaise continues, his face flushing red. "He has the scars to prove it – literal scars, I mean. His father has been violent and abusive for as long as I’ve known him. When we were kids, Theo would go to Draco’s mother when he was hurt, and she took him to a Healer more than once with a made-up story about him falling off his broom. Broken arm, broken ribs, dislocated shoulder – she made sure Theo got help, but nobody ever challenged his father."