"I know what it was like for the Slytherins; unlike the other houses, they were expected to join Voldemort and take the mark. Their families pressured them, they knew they only had each other for support, and everyone knew they had to act like Purebloods, even though most of them are only half-bloods now. The Sorting Hat warned us to work together, but did any of you really try to reach out and be a friend before the war?"