Marietta smirked as he spoke, crossing her arms across her chest. She knew she was going to enjoy this little show. Anthony Goldstein trying to stand up for himself - it was almost comical. She sort of wanted to poke fun at him just to see how he would react without his little saviour around to protect him. Right now things were remaining civil, after all. When Michael got involved, all hell always broke loose because he could never hold his tongue for long and Marietta certainly wasn't known for holding her own.
"Oh yes, ever the prudent little secret keeper, aren't you Goldstein? Not to worry, I've still my ways of knowing how things happen at your stupid little meetings. You lot aren't as smart as you think. You've already lost your database, after all. Glad I wasn't idiotic enough to put my information in that. Can you imagine what's going to happen to the people who have? I think they'll have to watch themselves, if you know what I mean." Marietta smirked, shaking her head in mock sadness.
"Well that's a funny thing to say, Anthony. We all make our own choices and we're all responsible for them. The difference is that I know that the choices I am making are going to get me somewhere whereas you lot make choices that will just get you killed in the end. It's unfortunate really, because some of you actually have potential not to be complete failures if you applied yourselves at something other than relying on other twats who continually steer you in the wrong direction." Marietta had a glint in her eye as she leaned in a bit, though she wasn't really invading his space, she was just mocking the telling of a grand secret. "You see Anthony, the secret to success and survival is this: you can't rely on anything or anyone else but yourself. Eventually those other members in your stupid group are going to start scrambling off to protect themselves and leave you to fend for yourself because it's survival instinct and human nature, as you so eloquently put it earlier, and you might think that they are there to help you but everyone is looking out for himself. They're going to use you for whatever you're good at and then flee the second it's convenient for them. Even your precious little Michael."