"I am not trying to be evasive, I promise you. If I appeared so, then I'm afraid you've mistaken me." Lucius finishes his tea and sets the mug down. I was developing these designs before they arrived, they merely gave me the first opportunity to voice them. I had to at least attempt to ensure that my house mate would not go about blatantly destroying anything and tarnish my increasingly good reputation. Bellatrix, I'll have you know, did not want you involved in the plan at all. So you see, I am certainly acting on my own."