"We’ve come too far to let ourselves be side-tracked now," she said. "No, listen to me. You know I love you too. I have an idea. You can’t deny we need Astoria, can you? There’s a reason we chose her for you. Her father is incredibly powerful, incredibly wealthy, and he’s a border lord – he controls part of Slytherin’s boundary line. If we anger him enough he could simply just allow our enemies into the county without a fight. That would be ruinous."