Mrs. Norris

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 46761

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Gail Bohacek" <gandharvika at h...> wrote:

> 
> Bboy also Mentioned:
> 
> >As a side note: I don't think seeing a basilisks eyes will kill 
> >you. You have to be held in it's gaze. 
> 
> Er...Moaning Myrtle died in the bathroom just by looking directly 
> at the basilisk's eyes...
> 
> -Gail B.

bboy_mn ammends:

A minor techincality, Moaning Myrtle didn't die because she looked AT
the basilisk's eye, she died because she looked INTO them.

I can see your eyes (from an angle or from the side) without you
seeing me. It's in that sense that I mean you have to be lock in it's
gaze. 

Also, since Harry could close his eyes and not be killed or petrified,
the basilik seeing you, doesn't kill you. By the same token, you can
see the basilisk and the basilisk's eyes without dying, but when your
eyes lock together, when you gaze into each other's eye, get ready to
greet your ancestor. 

It was just a thought.

bboy_mn