Life debts and potions (was:Washing dishes and powders)

[Melody <Malady579@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51937

Marina wrote:
> But isn't it Harry's blood that made the potion flawed?  It's not
> until Harry mentions that part that Dumbledore gets that oh-so-
> controversial gleam in his eye. And it's not just the gleam,
> either.  Both Sirius and Dumbledore react strongly when Harry
> mentions the cut on his arm, and Dumbledore actually stands up
> abruptly and walks over to see the cut. There's no mention of
> Dumbledore having any unusual reaction whatsoever when Harry tells
> about the "flesh of the servant" bit.


The flawed aspect of the potion works in twofold.  One side you have
Harry's blood that transferred the love charm protection so Voldemort
can touch Harry.  We know this.  One might also assume that the other
anomalies in Harry blood, like this life debt, would too.  The other
side is the flesh of the servant that has the opposite part of the
life debt, therefore; Voldemort has Harry's blood that was the giver
of the life, and Peter's flesh and blood that was the receiver.
Dumbledore does not know fully until Harry tells him that his blood
was used that the flawed potion is *complete*.  That is when he twinkles.

How do these two different aspects of the life debts work together in
tandem?  We can only guess, but if MD is right, then Dumbledore knows
just how to exploit this for the advantage.


Melody