She nearly shoved her face against the mirror, eager to speak with the Dark Lord who reciprocated the feeling. Ashley glanced down at the glass, spotting the expression of careful indifference Tom typically when he wasn’t aiming to intimidate people. But she knew him better than that. She caught on to the soft look in his eyes that he was attempting to obscure. His mask was a hard one to break through, but the two Hogwarts Heirs had an understanding. And Ashley knew how much Persephone meant to the psychotic man. Persephone might have not been his familiar like Nagini was, but the Basilisk had been the first serpent he’d ever formed a familial bond with. His kind attitude towards Persephone, as discrete as it was, was completely understandable.