It took a moment too long for Draco to connect the name to his former house elf, having not thought of him for<span style="font-style: italic">years</span>. He had never been particularly attached that particular elf, but now that he was mentioned, Draco did remember the entire ordeal with him; and also how he had ended up breaking Harry and his friends out of the manor.<br/>“Oh,” Draco stated, suddenly remembering how Bellatrix had thrown a knife against them as they apparated out of the manor, and how the knife had disappeared with them. He had never thought that it had actually struck anything.<br/>“I’m sorry,” he said, unsure what the proper reaction was to that. Draco had found out from context that Harry had been the one to set Dobby free, but he had no idea whether or not the two of them had actually been close. “Were you close?”