It was impossible not to feel the weight of Buchannan’s words settle over him, making it abundantly clear just how much was riding on him being right.<br/>A couple of moths ago, this likely would have broken Draco, making him doubt everything about all of his theories so far, but by now he knew that if he didn’t believe in his theories, no one would. He had to be confident, because if he allowed himself to waver, then it was only going to get harder to get taken seriously.<br/>“Of course,” Draco stated, hoping that he seemed more confident than he was, but honestly unsure just how calm he managed to come across. He was lucky that Buchannan knew him to be competent, at least in most regards of his study,<br/>“Now, I was promised a briefing?”