"Weasley is just a different iteration of that boy you’re always vowing to kill, Oristev. Potter is spoiled like Lanistov, although he lacks ambition, cunning and most definitely charm’ he says trying not to sigh, but it’s hard. For seven years he watched Hermione Granger restrain herself for the benefit of Potter and Weasley. From the eager learner that jumped up at every question, by their seventh year she became quiet, she hid in the library and begged to be included when she wasn’t studying. After Draco was able to let go of his pureblood prejudices, he’d been angered by it. Even when he hated her, he always admired her mind, her everlasting curiosity and excitement about magic. To see her turn on herself just to be accepted by Weasley and Potter... it had been terrible to watch, it had just cemented Draco’s hate for the two of them.