"Sure." Vera said, interested, though she knew many curses. "It was just instinct, really, Mom. I've been casting the Cruciatus since I was nine. I know I can do it and I know I can do it well, so when I was in a situation whereI thought ...my home as under attack, I went to what I knew." She looked at her feet. "Plus, I figured, most people don't hold out very well against interrogation under the Cruciatus."