[HPforGrownups] Re: Fawkes vs. basilisk

[Iggy McSnurd]

No: HPFGUIDX 88001

> Pookie:
> > If everything is killed when it looks at the basilisk's eyes, why
> is it that
> > Fawkes survived when his beak gorged out the eyes of  the basilisk?
> > Book 2, pages 318-319

Iggy de-cloaking for a second:

Has anyone considered that, considering their incredible healing
properties, Fawkes's tears probably protect him from the gaze of the
basilisk?  (They may not be able to reverse the petrification, but they
could protect you from it.)

Iggy McSnurd