"He is not like his father, and I thank the sun and the stars every day for that. He is not like his father, and so he would not have been able to carry the burden of killing his best friend. Lucius was different," Narcissa informed her between sips. "He was cold and calculating, the same as Draco and me, sure, but he was also cruel. Unusually cruel. He could pull the trigger – and he would've – without blinking."