Three years? Scorpius couldn't help but display his shock at that. "Is it always like this here?" Draco had seemed so at-ease with dealing with his attackers, and Scorpius knew his father had grown up in war, knew very well the lasting effects of that, and had even suffered for some of them himself, but still--

It just didn't seem very like him. But three years was ample time to change a person. This man was entirely different from who Scorpius' father had been at-- whatever age he was at, he was certain of that. This man was at once very familiar and a complete stranger.