DD the Legilimens vs TR the Occlumens

[Jamie]

No: HPFGUIDX 131885

> Julie <drjuliehoward at y...> wrote:
> > I was re-reading COS ...edited...
> > This (snipped) passage implies that DD may have learned 
> > something from Tom that night on the stair, but what?  
> > 8. If he learned that Tom opened the chamber, why did he 
> > do nothing more than keep a eye on him? <snip> 
> > 10. Why did JKR use the word "carelessly" about Tom 
> > telling Harry DD kept an annoyingly close watch on him?  
> > Why was that a careless thing for him to say?
> > 
> > 11. Or, was Tom a better Occlumens and DD didn't really 
> > learn anything but just had "a hunch" that something was 
> > amiss? 

> bboyminn:
> Next, and finally, we don't really know how Legilimency works. 
> Yes, we have an overview of what it accomplishes, but we don't 
> have the deep internal details of its nature and mechanics. > 


    Jamie:
I agree with bboyminn; when Snape was using Legilimens on Harry it 
was like an attack on his brain.  Tom would have noticed something 
like this.  I think a quick scan to determine truthfulness may not 
be detected, but that's about it.  

Also, I'm not sure if the use of "carelessly"  meant that it was 
careless of Tom to tell Harry this information, or if it only 
describes the way he said it, meaning that he said it as if it no 
longer bothers him.