I also think it's entirely possible to believe both that a) the first attempt with the bird failed and Draco was sad and scared because it meant he hadn't fixed the cabinet yet. And also because he'd killed a lovely bird and
b) Draco was being blackmailed into fixing the cabinet to let DEs into Hogwarts on threat of his family's lives and therefore felt ambivalent about his success. The expression on his face when the DEs finally come through makes it pretty clear that he's not exactly squeeful about the whole thing.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2013-10-13 11:32 am (UTC)I also think it's entirely possible to believe both that a) the first attempt with the bird failed and Draco was sad and scared because it meant he hadn't fixed the cabinet yet. And also because he'd killed a lovely bird and
b) Draco was being blackmailed into fixing the cabinet to let DEs into Hogwarts on threat of his family's lives and therefore felt ambivalent about his success. The expression on his face when the DEs finally come through makes it pretty clear that he's not exactly squeeful about the whole thing.