[ It's an oblique statement if there ever was one. They are dead, of course, on this train to nowhere, or the Mudblood hell, or what have you. But they're together, and there's no consequences to them being found together - though it'll be some time before they realize that death is the great equalizer this way.
So is this punishment or a reward? A reasonable person would say they've spent their life doing terrible things. A reasonable person might also say they were tortured by a maddened Lord. A person who had spent their life as they have - might say they committed the utmost betrayal and deserved to die. A true purist would say that they had betrayed the Lord but served the Cause by leaving behind an heiress from two of the purest bloodlines in the wizarding world - Black and Malfoy.
Lucius isn't thinking so philosphically about things. His hands come up to frame her face. ]
I fell in love with you, Bella. I cannot be in too much despair about the fact that we're together now.
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[ It's an oblique statement if there ever was one. They are dead, of course, on this train to nowhere, or the Mudblood hell, or what have you. But they're together, and there's no consequences to them being found together - though it'll be some time before they realize that death is the great equalizer this way.
So is this punishment or a reward? A reasonable person would say they've spent their life doing terrible things. A reasonable person might also say they were tortured by a maddened Lord. A person who had spent their life as they have - might say they committed the utmost betrayal and deserved to die. A true purist would say that they had betrayed the Lord but served the Cause by leaving behind an heiress from two of the purest bloodlines in the wizarding world - Black and Malfoy.
Lucius isn't thinking so philosphically about things. His hands come up to frame her face. ]
I fell in love with you, Bella. I cannot be in too much despair about the fact that we're together now.