Lupin's touch

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No: HPFGUIDX 112299

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "khinterberg" 
<khinterberg at y...> wrote:
> > Sorry to be a bother but the yahoo search engine for messages 
doesn't
> > seem to be very useful.  I am sure people have wondered on here 
before
> > about why Lupin never touches Harry, and I was just wondering if
> > someone could point me in the right direction of those posts? 
Thanks
> > from the bottom of my HP-loving heart
> > 
> > khinterberg
>
As other's have stated, Lupin touches Harry after their relationship 
develops.  In POA when Lupin reaches toward Harry, Harry has no 
knowledge of the previous friendship between James, Lily and Lupin.  
This incident occurred before Christmas.  It was during the first 
Patronus lesson that Harry learned that Lupin was a friend of James.

Lupin did not have a "okay to touch" relationship with Harry at the 
time he learned Harry heard Lily's voice when the dementors were 
near.  Harry's and Lupin's relationship developed after Christmas and 
the first Patronus lesson.  Lupin allows Harry to develop the 
friendship and does not force himself on Harry as "friend of your 
father therefore friend to you".

Lupin behaved as a responsible adult who knows how to relate to 
teenagers.  

- Karen