He ignored her question, not because he was dismissing it, but because he had no answer for her. What would happen if someone attempted to remove it? Quite possibly - death? Pain? Would it affect all of them? Had it affected all of them? Yet another reason to contact someone who would know.

"I could seek out Narcissa Malfoy. If she is from before the end of it all, she won't know what I am. If she's from after, she will owe me a great debt. I could establish which, bargain for her silence regarding my presence here, and keep apprised of the situation through her." A beat, and he added, "If the war is over for her, I need not hide your existence from her. Or my own as Jack."