the mudblood line still stings and that seems intended

First exchange he called me mudblood like it was nothing, cold and automatic, exactly the way the description frames the jealousy-and-obsession angle — dismissive on the surface. Didn't expect it to actually land the way it did, but it's clearly meant to. The interesting part is knowing there's supposed to be a secret obsession underneath that he won't admit to anyone, so every cold line reads a little differently once you know that's sitting underneath it.