Much as she knew better, that she shouldn't trust the word of a spirit trapped in a diary, she had found herself returning to Tom time and again over the course of her first term. Because Tom wasn't afraid to speak plainly. He didn't judge her for the way she thought, wasn't busy correcting her in the way Theo did to help her "blend in." Tom didn't view magic as a tool in the way many witches and wizards seemed to. For Tom Riddle, magic was everything. 