PoA Question -- Sirius & Dementors

[flying_ford_anglia]

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From: flying_ford_anglia
Subject: Re: PoA Question -- Sirius & Dementors
Reply To: [Yahoo! #5703] Re: PoA Question -- Sirius & Dementors
Date: 8/4/00 12:57 pm  (ET)

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

Good point!

Perhaps he was able to acclimatise to the dementors in Azkaban and
thereafter maintain his animal form for long periods. An emotional
investment would be required for switching from animal to human form,
but I think he would have been in a stable enough condition for long
enough to have achieved that.

Think of it like the difference between acute and chronic exposure to
drugs. A sudden, acute 'attack' by the dementors would have created an
instability, whereas with a constant, daily exposure, the brain would
have been able to recover its equilibrium eventually.

Neil