When Severus met his eyes, he was taken aback by the emotions that swam in them. There were so many. But in the end, it did not matter, because most prominent was kindness. It had been so long since anybody had looked at him that way. Soon the boy would learn what type of person he was. The "dungeon bat" might have been a persona he had adopted to keep himself safe, but he had never been "nice" or "friendly'. If Potter was not interested in potions, as his past suggested, he would soon learn that a servant like Severus Snape was of little use to him. Hopefully, his mark would not be easily broken. In the end, he could only nod, "Do it."