Harry’s attempt to lighten the mood did managed to make Draco smile, wanting a lot of terrible things done to Clarke, but also painfully aware of the fact that he was simply playing his part. There were probably a lot of people employed by the ministry, who would have enjoyed treating Draco even worse then Clarke ever had, so it was difficult to be really resentful.<br/>“Well, one of his superiors have already made sure that his supervision of me will end, but thank you,” he said, deeply thankful for what Harry had managed to do for him already. Just the fact that he could live his life more or less freely now made a huge difference to him, even if it likely didn’t seem like a big deal to Harry.