Maybe Lucius decided to let Draco keep some privacy. Or he just hasn’t gotten around to fully questioning him under veritaserum yet. Or he’s pretending that he doesn’t know that Harry has a Patronus. Or someone obliviated Draco of this information before Draco was returned to his father. Or Draco is secretly an occlumens and he just pretended to let the veritaserum work on him.
I don’t think Draco is an occlumens. I also don’t think Lucius is such a nice dad that he would respect Draco’s privacy after Draco was nearly killed.
I suppose he might not have had the chance yet, but if I was Lucius I would have tried really hard to get the chance to question Draco in detail before the trial. Unless Lucius was overconfident of his influence with the Wizengamot?
Draco knows that HJPEV claims to be able to Patronus. Draco knows that HJPEV presented himself as though he needed to hide his Patronus. Lucius knows that the ‘light’ side regards the ability to Patronus as a ‘light’ qualifier.
If Lucius also knows what Draco knows, then he would know that inviting HJPEV to Patronus would probably result in one of two things: either he learns something HJPEV may believe to be a valuable secret, or he casts doubt on HJPEV’s ‘light’ side qualities.
My speculations were:
Maybe Lucius decided to let Draco keep some privacy.
Or he just hasn’t gotten around to fully questioning him under veritaserum yet.
Or he’s pretending that he doesn’t know that Harry has a Patronus.
Or someone obliviated Draco of this information before Draco was returned to his father.
Or Draco is secretly an occlumens and he just pretended to let the veritaserum work on him.
I don’t think Draco is an occlumens. I also don’t think Lucius is such a nice dad that he would respect Draco’s privacy after Draco was nearly killed.
I suppose he might not have had the chance yet, but if I was Lucius I would have tried really hard to get the chance to question Draco in detail before the trial. Unless Lucius was overconfident of his influence with the Wizengamot?
Draco knows that HJPEV claims to be able to Patronus. Draco knows that HJPEV presented himself as though he needed to hide his Patronus. Lucius knows that the ‘light’ side regards the ability to Patronus as a ‘light’ qualifier.
If Lucius also knows what Draco knows, then he would know that inviting HJPEV to Patronus would probably result in one of two things: either he learns something HJPEV may believe to be a valuable secret, or he casts doubt on HJPEV’s ‘light’ side qualities.
it’s win-win, just like you know he likes it.