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Copernicus heard his name and piped back in. "I don't suppose it's something that we can choose at this point, to be honest. The two are so separate. But I do think we have to respect someone who has the vision to work towards unity, rather than viewing it through the lens of how it could hurt us. Muggles aren't lazy. Which is lazier? Doing a spell to wash clothes or inventing a machine-y thing to do it? We're just like them." Copernicus had a rather soft spot for Muggles, inherited from his mother.
Kayla turned back to copernicus and nodded. "Oh believe me I respect Pinkstone and her beliefs but it doesn't mean that I have to agree with them." She shifted in her seat so that she could look at the Ravenclaw boy fully. "Unfortunately we have to look at it that way. Wouldn't you protect your family at all costs? This is basically the same thing, we're protecting the magical family from outside threats. I'm not saying that all muggles would treat us differently or try to harm us but those of them in power probably would and they're the ones who have the most say."
She had to chuckle at him. "Touche Copernicus, but we've always been like that, we don't know any different. It's like Varius said before, if muggles turned to us for all their problems then we would be stopping them from growing and developing. They would stop inventing stuff to help make their lives easier. I don't mean to sound egotistical or anything but we were fortunate enough to be born with magic and they weren't."