"To make friends," Draco answered dryly, "To make connections outside of Slytherin house. To try and get a head start on repairing the reputation of my family name - only a matter of time before Father burns it to the ground after all," at that, Nott noticeably twitched, "We’ve been taught all our lives that others are below us Pans, muggleborns and half-bloods - and I don’t know about you, but I’ve never had anyone thank me for looking down on them," the classroom door swung open with a thud, and Daphne Greengrass at the front of the queue started the cascade of students pouring into the room - over the new cover of noise, Draco added, "and when the Dark Lord inevitably falls, I’d rather not be holding hands with all the bigots and scum that support him," it took a nudge from Blaise for Pansy to break eye contact with Draco, and head into the classroom.