"Why not?" I burst out, standing up and looking down on him. "I’m more a Slytherin than Harry, I can be cunning, I am smart and powerful. I can accept to become a true Death Eater, to follow the orders and gain the trust of the Dark Lord. He will reward me for it, Half-blood or not, and when he does I can protect as many lives as I can. I will burn down my own soul to save someone else and if I can save more than one that is a bonus."