Game Face
Did Dumbledore know that when I was recalled to the Dark Lord's service that I would be forced to resume my role as a true Death Eater? He must have. And he must have decided that the benefits of such a thing far outweigh the consequences. Why else would I be standing here outside some Muggle's house in the middle of nowhere? I am well aware that I am not expected to participate in this tonight, but it is the initiation for the new recruits. And so I must pretend to enjoy this sick spectacle while inside my stomach is trying to expel its meager contents. And even though I do not have to do something tonight, I will another night and another and another. And Dumbledore will calmly tell me to do it, save those that I can, but dispose of the rest. For the Greater Good. Either he is truly unaware of what it is that Death Eaters do (which is impossible considering he was around to see it start) or he wants to have plausible deniability (always a possibility with that man) or he just wishes to keep his hands clean of the whole mess (the probable answer). Ah, it looks like the show is about to start, time to put my 'game face' on.