The Second Voldemort War, Stage II

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 90948

>> Neri:" LV has something that no general in history (even 
history of magic) ever had: A direct channel to the mind of his key 
opponent.  And this key opponent seems (for LV at least) to be 
very young and  fragile, a most tempting target. So I think this war 
is going to get  *very* personal, almost a duel between LV and 
Harry, and it will be literally a battle of minds."<<

Jim:
> True, and I didn't consider it.  There are analogies to this 
> situation in terms of intelligence – highly placed moles, for 
> example – but not to LV's ability to attack Harry through their 
link.
> 
> It's still true that preserving Harry is an absolute necessity, so 
> protecting his mind is a major part of that.  Dumbledore is 
likely to have more success in teaching Harry Occlumency; Harry 
made progress  even under Snape.  Now Harry is under less 
stress, under a better teacher, so we have to hope it works.
> 
> Your question about the Dursleys exposes a weakness in 
>Harry's  defense: was it wise to send him home not knowing 
>Occulmency? 


But according to Dumbledore, Harry has something better than 
Occlumency: "[Voldemort] could not bear to reside in a body so 
full of the force he detests. In the end it mattered not that you 
could not close your mind." And during all this conversation Harry 
is not once aware of the feeling he had before when he was in 
Dumbledore's presence...the desire to bite or attack him. 

The channel is closed, IMO. Voldemort will certainly do 
everything in his power to keep his unconscious thoughts from 
leaking into Harry's mind, and he can, I believe, no longer 
summon the will to put them there consciously--once burned, 
twice shy.

The question is, will *Harry* be tempted to suppress his own 
power in order to open the channel again and find out what his 
enemy is up to?

Pippin