"They will bend to your will if you try, if you are the person I think you are. They're yours, after all. You might even hope to bend me."
Aah, and that's the crux of the matter right there, innit? What Gryffindor could resist a challenge such as that? Young, inexperienced, trapped and weary Albus never would have stood a chance against your shrewd Gellert.
Brilliant characterizations and a wonderful scenario for a first meeting between these two.