[It's utterly terrifying, and Scorpius knows Al is just as much at risk of being targeted as he is, if not more so. The Potters were obvious enemies and the Malfoys were traitors. They really do need to work together, to protect each other.

Scorpius' concern grows at Al's words. He thinks very carefully about how to say what he needs to say without making Al even angrier at him.]

Being a good teacher doesn't change anything. Of course he's brilliant, he'd have to be to do what he did. What do you think it takes, to change the mind of someone who thinks the way he does to the point that he does?

[Scorpius knows the sort of things it takes, he's lived with the fall-out all his life.]

And who's to say his "goal" isn't a clever lie to make his cause sound appealing to those who take issue with his methods?