JKR CHAT: Sirius and the Mirror

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No: HPFGUIDX 92185

Steve wrote:
> K Rowling made some comments about Sirius in the recent chat. 
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> Will the two way mirror Sirius gave Harry ever show up again?
> JK Rowling replies -> Ooooo good question. There's your answer.
> 
> If we ever see Sirius again, what form will he be in?
> JK Rowling replies -> I couldn't possibly answer that for fear of
> incriminating myself.
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> 
> <big snip>
> Now, on to the mirror; my feelings are the same, the mirror will
> return to the story, nothing more. It's a handy device just like the
> Cloak and the Map. The Order now knows that failing to keep Harry
> informed and failing to give him a fast easy effective method of
> communication is very much to everyone's detriment. 
> 
> Whether the matching mirror, or the mirror's counterpart, will be at
> the Order's headquarters, or whether Hermione will simply create a
> matching set of mirrors is difficult to say. But the re-appearance 
of
> the mirror in no way confirms, or in my opinion implies, 
comminication
> with Sirius; it merely says that in the future, Harry will use it 
as a
> handy communication device.
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Neri:
OK, here's another idea for you: right now the mirror is broken at 
the bottom of Harry's trunk. What happens to a two-way mirror when it 
gets broken? Would each of the pieces become a multi-way mirror, 
perhaps? Can you see Harry et al., in need of coordinating a complex 
special operation, using the pieces as walky-talkies? And I won't be 
surprised if, at the most critical moment of the operation, when 
everything seems lost, a mysterious half-familiar voice will get on 
the network, give the crucial direction, and then disappear forever.

Neri