[HPforGrownups] Odds & Ends: Phoenix Tears & Family

[Betty Landers]

No: HPFGUIDX 43142

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From: "bboy_mn" <bboy_mn at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 12:02 AM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Odds & Ends: Phoenix Tears & Family
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> Off on a tangent, related to phoenix, in GoF when Harry is in
> Dumbledore's office, just before he starts telling Dumbledore what
> happened, Harry is kind of out of it, in shock. Then Fawkes flies down
> and lands on Harry's lap (short version), Dumbledore asks Harry to
> talk, there is a loud squawk, and Harry feels something warm trickle
> down his throat. That 'something warm' is never specifically defined. 
> 
> How many people are like me, and assumed that 'something warm' was a
> phoenix tear? 
> 
L.O.O.N. Patrol from a non-L.O.O.N. member.  1.  Fawkes didn't squawk; he let out "one soft, quavering note".  2.  Nothing accidentally went down Harry's throat.  He only had the feeling that something warm had gone down hi throat, warming and strengthening him.  Here's the exact passage.
"The phoenix let out one soft, quavering note.  It shivered in the air, and Harry felt as though a drop of hot liquid had slipped down his throat into his stomach, warming him, and strengthening him."
I took that to be another display of phoenix song's powers of encouragement, strength,etc.

Betty