"I chose to become a Death Eater because I was tired of not having any power, of being weak. Antonin tried to talk me out of it. He didn't want me to have to experience the ugliness that came with being so enmeshed in the Inner Circle, but it was my choice. Not brainwashing. Over time, I bought into the lies of the regime because I chose to. I knew they were all bollocks, but I chose to ignore that because I had a purpose. I had power. It was easier to swallow my terrible choices by convincing myself I'd been brainwashed. I've known what I was doing all along. From the very beginning."