The first time Severus Snape hears the child, he assumes he’s mistaken. Death Eater safehouses are many things. They are not places where children should be crying. Sent by the Dark Lord on what should have been a routine errand, Snape discovers a secret hidden even from Voldemort himself: a young Seer kept prisoner for 2 years by a handful of Death Eaters who realized her gift was too valuable to surrender. Why offer her to the Dark Lord when they can use her themselves?