"Please don't," Draco gasps suddenly as he snaps and breaks in two and shatters apart into a wreck of nothing and worthlessness and fear. He is whimpering in breathless moans of sick terror, and he begs over and over, crying messy, undignified tears. "Please not my hand, please don't – please, father. Father, please! I – I can't – please don't, not – not my – my hand, I can't...please, father."