"I'm not the man you think I am," he says, his voice quiet. "I am Tom Riddle, but I am also Lord Ostium of the House of Arch, and I am sworn by blood ritual to protect those of my house. I am a man of the Underside, and not the Wizarding world. Though I am happily in exile, I would pledge my aid to you, to help you as I may in your own Wizarding world. It is the least I owe you."
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"I'm not the man you think I am," he says, his voice quiet. "I am Tom Riddle, but I am also Lord Ostium of the House of Arch, and I am sworn by blood ritual to protect those of my house. I am a man of the Underside, and not the Wizarding world. Though I am happily in exile, I would pledge my aid to you, to help you as I may in your own Wizarding world. It is the least I owe you."