"We are," I answer simply. "Many friendships fell apart after the Dark Lord came to power. In Death Eater circles you can never be sure if you can trust someone, but Pansy and I had been through so much together that we had no doubts about each other in that regard. Of course, I couldn't talk to her about everything. She's not an Occlumens, so it would have been too dangerous to let her in on my plans. But we were just... just there for each other, I guess. Unconditionally. In fact, she's probably my best friend considering how many years I haven't seen Blaise."