Z smiled a bit at Gabe's sentiments. It was a good philosophy for a head of house and if things were a bit different or Gabe was head of a different house, they'd be ideal. Unfortunately in Z's experience, Slytherin and politics that had anything to do with Slytherin didn't work out so nicely.
"I like how you think about us," she said. "It's nice. No one ever really-it's good to have someone who just wants us all individually and collectively to just, have the freedom to be ourselves. Determine our own fate, whatever. I wish it would work out like that," Z said a bit sadly.