"I came back ... After a fashion" (was: *When* did Dumbledore die?)

[Chys Lattes]

No: HPFGUIDX 145179

<snip>
> I realize this idea is wrought with holes, starting with: A) The 
magic
> to animate DD's own dead body should not have worked because DD's
> magic should cease after death; B) By the same token, DD's spell
> immobilizing Harry shouldn't have worked at all; and C) Would any
> inferius be capable of intelligently engaging in a "pleasant
> little chat about Ways and Means" anyway? ... But I thought I'd put
> the thought out there anyway as a means of starting a "pleasant
> little chat" about what DD's words, "I came back after a fashion"
> mean, and how they might relate to this question of exactly when
> he died and how.
> 
> -- 
> Dave
>

Chys:

Maybe he was dead all along and this was a running plan- maybe the 
ring horcrux had already killed him? Maybe he was alive like a 
vampire stays alive though they are the undead? Snape could have had 
something to do with that perhaps?

Chys