[HPforGrownups] Elixir of Life
rayheuer3 at aol.com
rayheuer3 at aol.com
Tue Sep 2 22:20:40 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 79582
hardcoreukuk at yahoo.co.uk writes:
> But, if drinking the Elixir of
> Life makes you immortal then if you had some, you would never die,
> ever. You can't just be immortal as long as you have a certain item,
> then that would mean you could still die. You would be still mortal
> like Achilles. Immortality means you can never die.
I think this is just sloppy phrasing. Drinking the Elixir *regularly* makes
you immortal, but without it, time "catches up with you", and you wither and
die. I believe there was also a mention of a Mrs. Flamel, who would also be
passing.
-- Ray
"I plan to live forever or die in the attempt!"
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