Theo shook his head at the last question, once more stalling. 'John has seen him already,' he said simply, following Draco's gaze to his son. 'I should let him know where we are though. I'll have Mimsy bring him a message.'
And after that, there was no more stalling to do. Nothing more to be said to keep him from saying what he really didn't want to say. 'Padma-' even her name felt like a cut to the core. 'Died.' The word felt thick, heavy, like something stuck in your throat that would hurt too much to swallow and just as much to cough up. And so he left it at that, not saying anything more. Rodolphus was easier to concentrate on.
'Rodolphus was...understanding and sympathetic and absolutely refused to let me let Lisa suffer for her actions. I should have expected it, of course, but...well I lost my temper and Severus trained me well. Mostly my aim was Lisa's various hiding places, how to get to her, but once in his mind I snatched at anything I could get at.'
He sighed. 'I'm not a subtle legilimens yet, Draco, far from it, Rodolphus knew the moment I entered his mind and he knows I won't stop until Lisa Lestrange is dead.'
'He's also in a much better health than he's been letting on,' he added allowing himself a snort of disgust. He didn't like the feeling of being used.