"That's all right. I can live with that." It was much easier to play along now that he didn't think he'd live long. It'd be hard to vilify the one that had just died to save his friends.
James snorted. "You are a Malfoy. Not worrying isn't ever going to be possible. You'll be minister one day. You can figure out if you will be a good one or not." Either way, Scorpius would be alive to make that decision.