“I don’t know,” Ron said honestly. He didn’t know what Malfoy could do. He certainly didn’t know where Malfoy’s loyalties lay, but it was definitely something to wonder about. What could a traitor do? What could someone who had been a Death Eater do when they hadn’t even managed to stick with the side they’d picked really? When Malfoy had sided in a brief second with Harry. Would it ever be worth it to have someone on their side? Right now, Ron didn’t know. And he leaned towards no anyway.
“What can you do?” Ron asked him. “You don’t want to be you, tell me what you can do.”