Roman could get on board with a meritocracy-based Ministry. He valued his own skills and abilities as well as those of others. Such talents should be rewarded, that much was true. "That would be splendid though it might rankle the older set of Ministry folks, the ones that firmly believe their grandson should have this or that position," he mused, thinking of a few in particular right off the top of his head. "I think it could be done if you convince them that being educated would lessen magical accidents gone wrong even more than the First Year Fund does."