Everything about the situation had been surreal right from the get go, yet Draco found that every second the situation got more and more bizarre.<br/>It had been one thing for Draco that Potter had even asked for his help in the first place, but the fact that Potter also seemed to be interested in his work was a whole other. He had expected an absolute minimum of interest, if any level of interest at all, so for him to actually have to explain any part of the process to Potter was sending his thoughts on loop.<br/>“Well, first I want to find out exactly where the magic is,” he said matter of factly, finding that that was the obvious place to start. He<span style="font-style: italic">knew</span>that the magic was coming from Potter himself, otherwise it wouldn’t have activated his ward like that, but he wanted to get specifics before he started to work on too many solutions. He feared that the magic would be lodged close to Potter’s heart, which would make it very tricky to get out without hurting him, but he would have to run his diagnostics before worrying about that.<br/>“And then I would also like to check the severity of the magic you are carrying,” he added, looking down on his notes, as if he didn’t have it all freshly in mind already.<br/>The opportunities were endless, but their continued path was going to depend on the result of those two diagnostics.<br/>“And then we are going to have to take it from there.”