Lupin's mysterious work

[kiricat2001]

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> Jen: I've read suggestions that he is on a mission to recruit 
> > other  werewolves, but you have to wonder how many people that 
> > would  actually be? <
> 
Then Lauri B.:
> Why couldn't he be tracking Pettigrew? In the recent chat, JKR 
> mentioned that we'll find out what Peter's been up to in book 6. I 
> suppose Peter might just turn up in book six but you must admit 
he's 
> was mysteriously absent and Lupin was mysteriously missing for 
weeks 
> at a time.  It's a possibility.  I do think the werewolf-thing is 
> just a bit too obvious, but then again.
> 

Marianne:

Another possibility is that Lupin's precise activities will never be 
spelled out because they may not matter to the arc of the story. From 
JKR's standpoint that may be all we need to know - Lupin is doing 
something for the Order, but it's not a necessary detail to actually 
put into the remaining two books. I would not be surprised if this is 
simply left to the mind of the reader.  I suspect that what Snape is 
doing is of more importance to the story in terms of both advancing 
the action and, once it's revealed, in helping to tie up loose ends.

Not that I don't want to know about what Remus is doing, mind you. 
For that matter, I'd like to know what he's been doing since he left 
Hogwarts.  But, this might not be that important, in JKR's eyes.  
Just as she said in her recent chat (I think it was there) that we 
won't hear about Harry's grandparents because they're not important 
or don't play a part in the the story.  

Marianne