The "row" in the forest--what Snape doesn't want to do any more (Was: Mr. Snape

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> SSSusan: 
> Am I wrong about that?  Is there strong evidence that Snape knew 
the exact task facing Draco?

Potioncat:
I think it's ambiguous, but I think JKR doesn't want the readers to 
know what the task is. Remember the Marauders' Map discussion between 
Lupin and Snape? It appeared neither of them knew who the makers 
were, but in fact, they both did. It was us who was confused. If 
Snape indeed used Legilimency on Narcissa, he knew the task. He might 
have known the task before hand as well.

 
> SSSusan:
> Both of these are intriguing.  I had considered a variation of what 
> Saraquel has suggested -- the Snape's just TIRED of doing all this 
> dangerous stuff -- though I was convinced it was partly because he 
> didn't like doing stuff that was not only dangerous to himself but 
to 
> DD.  

Potioncat:
First off, we don't know. Second, what I think it is that we don't 
know, is that Snape is arguing against DD going after the next 
horcrux. DD expects that Snape can patch him up if he's hurt but 
Snape feels DD is taking too much for granted. Each encounter with a 
horcrux leaves DD weaker.

Or DD may feel that he has lots of time before Draco is at the "seems 
to fail" point but Snape feels DD is taking too much for granted.In 
this case Snape is trying to keep the vow going as long as possible 
so that he doesn't have to kill or be killed.

Let's see, there's over 1,000 of us, right? That means over 1,000 
theories can be perfectly valid.