Severus shut himself off again when Draco drew back, turning his head to look towards the house for potential interruptions, and to conceal how shaken it had left him. Letting the truth slip free went against every instinct he'd drilled into himself over the past couple of decades. The feeling that he'd just put himself in great danger was hard to shake. "Why did you go to Dumbledore?" he replied, not at all excited about answering the question, but genuinely curious for an answer.