The elf shrugged. His silence prompted the wizard to reflect on what he had just heard: Scorpius had turned to the Dark Arts because of the loss of his mother. Probably, he had always harbored deeper and more turbulent guilt than Draco, being a child, but the worst part was that he, as a father, had never realized it. For years, he had convinced himself that his son had grown up badly only because he lacked the positive influence of his mother. Discovering that he didn't know his own flesh and blood at all was proving to be devastating. Now more than ever, he was grateful that another baby was on the way – he wanted to make amends for his mistakes.