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alt_harrySo I got back from meeting with Dumbledore.
You can sort of tell when he stops pretending to be Brutka. I don't guess I noticed it before, because usually he's either one or the other the whole time, but he took me in his office and he looked sort of tired and older once he finished all the privacy wards and stuff, but his eyes got a lot more intense. I don't know. It was sort of weird.
I wonder if he feels really old on the inside, still. Even thought he doesn't look like it.
We just sort of talked. About a lot of different things. He's not really good at just answering questions, though. Like when I asked him about the prophecy, and what he thought it meant, and what he thought I ought to be doing, he asked me what I thought I ought to be doing. That sort of thing.
So we talked about what I was doing with Raz for defence training, and he told me a little bit about my mum and dad, and said he'd show me some memories he had of them later. Which was nice. And he said I was making pretty good progress with Occlumency, but I should keep working at it.
We talked about the Horcrux too, and what it could be, and he asked a lot of questions about what Voldemort was really obsessed with. Like was there anything he had that he thought was really important. And I said that he was big into history and stuff, like the four founders, and he sort of leaned in and said, 'Not just Salazar?' and I said that he had a tonne of books about all four of them, and once at dinner he talked for like an hour about Rowena Ravenclaw, and he seemed really interested in that. So maybe that was helpful.
I thought we could think about other stuff He thinks is important? So I can pass it on? Maybe it could help.
He said we ought to meet again in a few weeks. So I guess it went okay. Only Sirius made it sound like there was something really specific, a plan that they had, and there didn't seem to be one. Other than sorting out what he might've made into a Horcrux.
And Dumbledore wanted me to talk to Slughorn too. About Horcruxes. And what Tom Riddle was like while he in school, because he was one of Slughorn's. I guess he thinks Slughorn might know something, and the more we can sort out about what he was like, the better we can figure out what he might've used.
Maybe Hydra would know something about that too.
You can sort of tell when he stops pretending to be Brutka. I don't guess I noticed it before, because usually he's either one or the other the whole time, but he took me in his office and he looked sort of tired and older once he finished all the privacy wards and stuff, but his eyes got a lot more intense. I don't know. It was sort of weird.
I wonder if he feels really old on the inside, still. Even thought he doesn't look like it.
We just sort of talked. About a lot of different things. He's not really good at just answering questions, though. Like when I asked him about the prophecy, and what he thought it meant, and what he thought I ought to be doing, he asked me what I thought I ought to be doing. That sort of thing.
So we talked about what I was doing with Raz for defence training, and he told me a little bit about my mum and dad, and said he'd show me some memories he had of them later. Which was nice. And he said I was making pretty good progress with Occlumency, but I should keep working at it.
We talked about the Horcrux too, and what it could be, and he asked a lot of questions about what Voldemort was really obsessed with. Like was there anything he had that he thought was really important. And I said that he was big into history and stuff, like the four founders, and he sort of leaned in and said, 'Not just Salazar?' and I said that he had a tonne of books about all four of them, and once at dinner he talked for like an hour about Rowena Ravenclaw, and he seemed really interested in that. So maybe that was helpful.
I thought we could think about other stuff He thinks is important? So I can pass it on? Maybe it could help.
He said we ought to meet again in a few weeks. So I guess it went okay. Only Sirius made it sound like there was something really specific, a plan that they had, and there didn't seem to be one. Other than sorting out what he might've made into a Horcrux.
And Dumbledore wanted me to talk to Slughorn too. About Horcruxes. And what Tom Riddle was like while he in school, because he was one of Slughorn's. I guess he thinks Slughorn might know something, and the more we can sort out about what he was like, the better we can figure out what he might've used.
Maybe Hydra would know something about that too.
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Date: 2013-10-17 07:28 pm (UTC)About Horcruxes. And Tom Riddle.
Are you sure that's what he said?
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Date: 2013-10-17 08:05 pm (UTC)Well, he was sort of sideways about it, like he said, 'You know Horace taught here when Tom Riddle was in school, don't you?' and then later he said, 'I think Tom was one of Slughorn's favourites, back in the day, I wonder what sort of stories he might tell.'
And then he said I might ask Slughorn about it sometime. And he also said that he might know about Horcruxes too, because he's such a 'scholar', so it's worth asking about that while I'm at it.
You'd think Professor Dolohov would know more, though.
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Date: 2013-10-17 08:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-10-17 08:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-10-17 08:57 pm (UTC)I figure it wouldn't be too weird to start by asking about what he was like in school.
Maybe I could talk about the ceremony this summer?
I think I ought to try talking to Professor Dolohov again too. To see if he'll say more.
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Date: 2013-10-17 09:07 pm (UTC)I don't think you should let him know that you know. You know?
Because he's managed to stay put all these years, when Voldemort could have had him killed anytime. He's got to be prepared to keep quiet--or at least be really discreet--about things he knows.
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Date: 2013-10-17 09:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-10-17 09:37 pm (UTC)If you ask Professor Slughorn about any of it, I think you should keep what you know really, really close.
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Date: 2013-10-17 09:43 pm (UTC)So how do I even start talking to him about it? Like should I say that I've been wondering lately what it was like for my Father when he was in school, and how I wish I knew more about him, and see what he says about it?
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Date: 2013-10-17 10:46 pm (UTC)And flatter Professor Slughorn a lot. He always seems to like that.