"Attended the Duke of York’s Royal Military School in Kent with a full scholarship, to the credit of your Captain and Corporal parents,” Lucius carried on, unbothered by the tension in the room. “Graduated in ’98 with mediocre results. Enlisted in the British Army on your 18th birthday, a month after graduating.”<br/>Lucius had once again looked up at Harry, who, in turn, had managed to gather himself a bit.<br/>Out of the corner of his eye he could tell Draco was looking at him, but, once having come to terms with the proceedings of it all, Harry figured he could suck it up and didn’t waver when Lucius smiled. After all, Lucius wasn’t telling him anything he didn’t know.<br/>“Completed your officers training at RMA Sandhurst, Berkshire in 99’, and the Artillery training in the RSA at Larkhill the following year. Both completed with excellency.”<br/>Lucius once again came up for air when a served had approached the table with the salad, seeming to care more about the distraction of the clattering china than with sharing Harry’s personal information.<br/>Harry himself, was beyond caring. He leaned back in his chair to allow for the server to place the dish, mouthing a thank you as they once again disappeared.<br/>When the room once again settled, Lucius continued, starting what seemed like a new paragraph in Harrys’ life. “Deployed to Afghanistan December 2001.”<br/>As soon as Harry heard that, his attention was switched off. Without waiting for further invitation, he helped himself to the salad, looking at Lucius but not fully hearing him speak. He knew, in summary, that he was telling the table about how he was granted his Lieutenant rank in 2002, before being deployed again later that same year. Harry could also, by the lengthy sentences escaping Lucius, tell he had gone through some of the merits that warranted the promotion.<br/>“Injured in combat February 30th 2003. Returned to Britain March 3rd after a two day stay at Army Hospital in Kandahar .”<br/>Out of the stack of papers beneath the initial page he had been reading from, Lucius drew forth another printed page. Without hesitation or looking up, Lucius offered Draco said copy of Harry’s Army medical record, which had accompanied Harry back to the UK.<br/>Seeing the exchange of paper, Harry once again tensed up. The first paper, Harry couldn’t recognize, but as Lucius picked out a second and third, Harry’s heart dropped.<br/>“Your left leg was amputated from the knee down the morning of March 4th,” Lucius stated, offering Draco not only a doctors reasoning for the procedure, but also a tabloid news paper article dated March 5th 2003. Harry knew without offering it a second glance that it had been the one titled UK SOLDIER SAVES AFGHAN CHILD, LOOSES LEG. “Isn’t that right, Potter?”<br/>“Yes, sir,” was all Harry could say.