Chapter 24: Occlumency

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Melanie wrote:  
> My reply:  Which begs a question I should have thought to ask..why 
on Earth didn't Lupin or Sirius really sit down and have this chat 
with Harry?  It is implied later in the book, that they realize that 
this is important but I think ultimately Harry would have listened 
to Sirius if he had come it from an angle of "You know you should 
learn this, Voldemort could use a connection to hurt someone you 
love.  

Potioncat:
If anything, Sirius did the opposite!  He set it up so that the 
animosity between Snape and Harry was even greater. And put it in 
Harry's mind that Snape might use the lessons to give him a hard 
time.