If Jackson noticed the wand, he didn't show it. His head tilted slowly, still focused on Malfoy's face, expression as impenetrable as granite.

Jackson's free hand came up, fingers rigid and claw-like but still very human, as he dragged the tips of his fingers over the side of the professor's face. As he did it, his eyes seemed to be changing. It might have been the light, but his pupils seemed to be changing shape, narrower and taller. The whites of his eyes growing darker, the veins more prominent.

"STOP ASKING QUESTIONS." The voice harsher, now. More demanding.