"No, I didn't," he says. Harry wants to throw it back into Malfoy's face that he hadn't exactly helped with matters along the way. Of course, it's not as if Malfoy himself was running his father's plans or hoping that he would be working with Voldemort. Some of that just fell that way.

"But if you've really been here that long, then we both have that problem." He doesn't want to bring Malfoy down to his level, but if he can't bring him any lower, that'll have to do. "It's hard, isn't it?" He keeps his tone tight and flat, trying not to betray himself. If he guides the conversation this here, perhaps Malfoy will find it difficult to keep going. He hopes so, anyway.