Kreacher: Prophet, Plotter or Pawn?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 86888

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<LinneaLand at C...> wrote:
> In Oop, Out of the Fire, Harry has been talking with Kreacher
>
>  ...edited... then the elf let out his loudest cackle yet.
> 
> "Master will not come back from the Department of Mysteries!" he said
> gleefully. "Kreacher and his Mistress are alone again!"
>  And he scurried forward and disappeared...
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> But why, or how, did he know that Sirius would truly go and then not
> return??? 
> 
> Linnea  Lyn NAY uh


bboy_mn:

I've always said the best lie is the truth selectively told.

Kreacher said 'Master', meaning Sirius, will not return from the Dept.
of Mysteries, which is true because at the moment he said it 'Master'
was upstairs tending to Buckbeak. You can't return from a place that
you aren't at.

So, Kreacher spoke the true, but he spoke is selectively and with
malicious intent. He spoke the truth but did so in a way that carried
and implication that was the exact opposite of the true.

Also, Kreacher may not have know the details of what was going on, he
may have simple been ordered to keep Sirius out of the way between
this time and that. However, he clearly sees that Harry is desperate
to speak with Sirius, and he also see that Harry is desperate for
Sirius to NOT be at another specific location. All Kreacher has to do
is make his subtle implication, and Harry fills in the blanks, whether
correctly or incorrectly, from there.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn