PoA Question -- Sirius & Dementors

[bostonlsu81]

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From: bostonlsu81
Subject: Re: PoA Question -- Sirius & Dementors
Reply To: [Yahoo! #5703] Re: PoA Question -- Sirius & Dementors
Date: 8/4/00 12:44 pm  (ET)

> <<<Did the stress of running into the Dementors somehow cause him to
> transform back into his human form? He was clearly less vulnerable (by
> far) to the Dementors as a dog.>>>
>

> But then how did Sirius manage to spend so much time as a dog while in
> Azkaban, surrounded by dementors?

Perhaps Sirius was thinking a lot more like a human on the night in
question than he had during his confinement. He knew all he had to do
to get free was protect the kids from the werewolf and get Pettigrew up
to Dumbledore. This may have been sufficient to draw the full attention
of the dementors (hey, this dog is really thinking like the criminal
we're after) which in turn might have broken down Sirius's ability to
maintain form.