It wouldn’t have been Draco’s first choice to sign up for Severance. He applied to the Department of Mysteries a few times, not really thinking they’d take him seriously – until he started making a name for himself in the right academic circles. He knew the department had an alchemy program, and he tried to prove his worth by publishing several articles about his private findings. When he finally got a letter with a job offer, it was a disappointment to learn he could only broaden his research in complete secrecy – even to himself.