"No one here knows, not even Malfoy, but even though I hadn't really come into my talent -- not old enough yet, no real training -- I was damned good and I hit the hardest." There's an odd bit of emotion to his voice; it's not precisely pride or sadness, but the acknowledgement that once he was a holy terror. "And, I have no desire to run the world. I'll leave that to you and content myself with being indispensable."