tadrinth comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 26, chapter 97 - Less Wrong
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Why did Harry admit he had a pen he could use? He wasted his advantageous bargaining position. Perhaps poison.
Also, Harry seems to have lost a lot in this chapter. All he's gotten out of Malfoy
but Lucius already wanted Draco to be King! On top of that, Harry has given away much information:
and Draco can attest to these under Veritaserum!
He got Lucius to agree to proposed next steps which we don't know about and secured an alliance with House Malfoy.
Also, when he added the bit about exonerating House Malfoy, he showed Lucious one wording, then wrote down his original wording. He might have changed something important, and Lucius might not have noticed.
That seems like exactly the sort of thing Lucius Malfoy would be sure to notice, and even if it weren't, it wouldn't be worth the risk.