Marcus agreed with Miss Higgs. As far as magical ability went, purebloods and half-bloods and muggleborns were all the same. There were great wizards, mediocre wizards, and terrible wizards in terms of ability in all camps. He could understand why purebloods wanted to marry other purebloods, though. It was a similar reason to why rich people wanted to marry other rich people, Christians preferred to marry other Christians and Muslims preferred to marry other Muslims. There was an exception to this rule, of course, but it was still that, an exception. People liked to marry those who were similar to them because they weren't as open to the different. Marcus thought about himself -- while he didn't really hate any humans different than him, he likely wouldn't marry a woman who worked at a factory and belonged to a different faith. He'd pick a wife with a similar lifestyle to his.

"Humans have found ways to keep their bloodlines pure. Purebloods aren't any different than muggle royals." Their Queen had married a cousin, had she not?

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