Kitty couldn't take this Ronan kid. He just kept accusing her of being in the Cult, and he was so obnoxious about it that she was starting to be more annoyed by him than Katy - her other rival. But being Head Girl meant it would be immature to lash out.

No, she wasn't going to lash out. But she wasn't going to take it lying down either. "I won't answer any of your accusations of my being behind the things happening in this castle. If it were true, do you really think I would be able to fool all the staff and Headmistress Hawthorne? Am I such a formidable witch that I've deceived them all? Your inflammatory accusations are cruel and have no place in this debate and I request that you stop them at once." There! And she wasn't even going to address his other points since he continued to personally attack her.

Turning from Ronan to Jessa, she replied in a calm and collected tone. "It would be nice if I could make that choice, but our laws prevent me from even trying. If I revealed myself to the Muggle Prime Minister, I would be arrested by Magical Law Enforcement and sentenced to who knows how long in Azkaban. So I have to worry about MY Ministry before worrying about theirs. And besides, the Muggle Prime Minister is one of the few Muggles who knows about us." She felt like drinking water at that moment. Her throat had gone kind of dry. Hopefully she wasn't about to get a cold. Clearing her throat as inconspicuously as she could, she continued. "I know there would be some difficulties at first, but if you agree that Muggles are equal to us, then isn't it a desirable goal to end the Statute someday?"