Mostly Sirius Thoughts

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

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From: catlady_de_los_angeles
Subject: Re: Mostly Sirius Thoughts
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Date: 8/19/00 5:51 pm  (ET)

> Remus bit Sirius during the fight by the entrance to the tunnel in
PoA. If lycanthropy is contagious via bite, wouldn't Sirius now be
were? Or did the form he was in, the dog, give him immunity, or perhaps
the contagion (sp) isn't passed via bite.

I now have the British paperback of PoA, in which Lupin says "I was a very
small boy when I received the bite." Thus, the contagion IS passed by the
bite. [Altho' I recall the American hardback (which I no longer have,
thus cannot check) saying: "I was infected when I was very young." and
it says "unable to find employment' when the Britishs says "paid work".]

But, as your question had been asked before (maybe by you), I tried to
be alert for biting as I read that scene, and I didn't see any biting
specified. It seems unlikely that an angry wolf wouldn't bite an
interfering dog it was fighting with, but perhaps having taken some
but not enough Wolfbane Potion left enough Lupin mind in place to
avoid biting?