[Their devotion, born out of love - if not entirely of the same nature - is what they have in common. More than their ideals, their goals and backgrounds, a deeper bond than the robes and masks and their pure blood. He recognizes her as his only equal where true and absolute loyalty is concerned and for that alone, even if for nothing else, he would respect her.
But naturally there is more to her. There is the way she strikes fear in people, there is her undeniable power, her insanity, that only serves to make her an even more dangerous opponent instead of proving to be a flaw. He did indeed, in some ways, even admire her. It wasn't just a show he put on to please her, but through that truth it might be that he actually managed.]
Most don't, even after they've grown.
[He makes no show of hiding that he thinks himself better than her husband, better than the others, either. Their lord had shown him his favour, so why would he not recognize his own worth, if Voldemort himself did?]
And they fear you too much to show what manners they have.
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But naturally there is more to her. There is the way she strikes fear in people, there is her undeniable power, her insanity, that only serves to make her an even more dangerous opponent instead of proving to be a flaw. He did indeed, in some ways, even admire her. It wasn't just a show he put on to please her, but through that truth it might be that he actually managed.]
Most don't, even after they've grown.
[He makes no show of hiding that he thinks himself better than her husband, better than the others, either. Their lord had shown him his favour, so why would he not recognize his own worth, if Voldemort himself did?]
And they fear you too much to show what manners they have.