Very Large Values of Two

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 96443

Tammy:
> LV despises the 'ancient magic' of magical pacts because he can't 
buck its rules -- it 
> punishes pact-breakers without regard to their power or station, 
and he just can't 
> stand the fact that there's a FORCE out there that is greater than 
he is, and that 
> doesn't care about him one way or the other.  He can't bully it, 
he can't threaten it, he 
> can't work around it, he can't do anything but either abide by it 
or ignore it and hope it 
> doesn't rear up and bite him in the butt again.  When he had to 
use it to regain his 
> body, he *had* to give Wormtail his reward, or suffer the 
consequences of breaking 
> another pact.  It probably irks him no end that he had to give 
something back to what 
> he presumably feels is his slave, Wormtail.  But what would have 
gone wrong if he 
> had reneged on THAT one?  His whole new body was at stake, this 
time.
> 
> Anyway, I hope this makes sense to someone out there -- it makes 
sense to me, but 
> then, I'm not normal.  %-)

Jen: It makes sense to me, too--what does that say?!? Very good 
sense in fact. 

Dumbledore's greatest gift to Harry may well be the subtle teaching 
he offers him in the art of ancient magic. Harry has learned over 
the years about love sacrifices, life debts, binding magical 
contracts, a force in the DOM that is 'greater and more terrible 
than death' & that the heart can triumph where brute force cannot. 

Voldemort disrespects these life lessons at every turn, 
underestimates the power of love, & forces his will with no thought 
to the consequences. He chased immortality, but learned nothing 
along the way. 

Yep, Harry's way ahead in this ball game no matter what the ending.