"No I’m a selfish prat, but I rather try to do better now that I can." he went serious and looked away from her. "It may surprise you, but some of us never got a choice. I never got a choice in anything. Even when I came here. It was always with some plans by my father, and when he failed... well... then I never got a choice ever again until now." Hermione opened and closed her mouth and looked away from him. "If I had a choice, Granger," he reached out and touched her shoulder. She didn’t flinch or pull away from him. "I’d have been the one tortured." 