"No, I’m not," he agrees easily enough. "But I could have been the twin to Tom Riddle. Both orphans. Abandoned. Abused. Cunning, with a desire to prove ourselves. Half-bloods, which seems to give you a leg up on magical strength, according to everything Marvolo can find now. If I’d gone to Slytherin, like the Hat first suggested, who’s to say how I would have adapted?