"And I don't want you to be hurt anymore, Granger," Malfoy says, his tone trying to shut down any argument, determinedly cheerful and it seems so wrong, coming from him. It makes him seem like a stranger, as he goes on in that oddly upbeat voice. "And I will be fine. I will survive, and I will crawl my way back into the Dark Lord's good books, and you will be back home safe with the Order, with your Potter, and Weasley, and –"