"He thought about it before he put in for a single heir. The standard clause is for two, in case of one dying prematurely or running away like I’d done. He said -- let me try and get the words right -- it was that he didn’t want to tax you overly much since you might be resistant to it at all. Maybe he knew growing up Muggle would twist your view of it?" "Twist’? Bloody hell. Sometimes wizards were strange. "I asked if he even wanted a kid, being a Dark Lord and all. I knew you did so I asked him.