"You know, pretty much all of our generation is suffering out there? I know you aren't going to believe me, but the kids I grew up with never stood a chance. It's still all the old crowd in charge - those who went to school with You-Know-Who or just after. They are the zealots. We are just being dragged along for the ride, unlucky enough to have been born into it. None of my friends out there believe in that pureblood, "magic is might" bullshit anymore. Not once we grew up and were able to start thinking for ourselves. Not once we saw what it meant." Hermione and Ginny were stunned into silence by Pansy's rant, and once she stopped speaking, she looked at them, eyes wide and vulnerable. She flushed and dragged the conversation back.