Clearly dissatisfied with the brief answer, Clarke scribbled down the answer he had gotten, no matter how unfulfilling it had been. What was normally an extremely easy task was suddenly having Clarke walking on eggshells, feeling like Potter’s gaze was piercing right through him as he went through his line of questioning. It made him feel uneasy, but he had to just keep going with his job.<br/>“Right, what qualifies you to take on consultant work for Mr. Potter?” Clarke found himself asking, having wreaked his brain to try and understand<span style="font-style: italic">why</span>Potter would have someone like Malfoy employed underneath him in the first place.<br/><br/>The question wasn’t a huge surprise to Draco, knowing that Clarke tended to poke his nose into anything Draco ever did. He could hardly sneeze without being questioned about it during his monthly interview, so this wasn’t really a new one.<br/>However, with Harry having shut down the question about the nature of their general work together so staunchly, Draco doubted that he would like for him to answer this too honestly.<br/>Taking a briefly glance over his shoulder, just wanting to be able to read<span style="font-style: italic">something</span>in Harry’s face, Draco tentatively returned his attention to Clarke.<br/>“I have published several works on Dark Artefacts,” was what he left it at, still unsure if he had said too much.