[HPforGrownups] Re: Why Did DD Drink the Contents of the Bowl?

[Vivamus]

No: HPFGUIDX 133791

> Vivamus <Vivamus at T...> wrote:
> > . . . instead of just pouring it out on the ground?
> > 
> > Did that puzzle anyone else?
> 
> 
> Yeah, I wondered why not conjure 10 goblets and fill them, but 
> not empty them.  Set them on the ground.  Would the basin 
> know you weren't drinking them?
> 
> HogwartsMom


Vivamus:
Oh, that's even better!  I think, if I were in Harry's position, and DD
obviously intended to drink the poison, I would have snatched the full cup
from his hand ("oops!") and dumped it, letting him get another full cup with
the intention of drinking it, which would be snatched and dumped as well,
and so on.  As long as the contents were being scooped up with the
*intention* of drinking them, it should work -- unless there is a charm on
the ground as well, so poison poured there goes back in the bowl.  It would
be tricky to do, however.

Your way would circumvent even that.  If setting them on the ground doesn't
work, conjure a platter, and hold the platter.  LV must have had a way to
retrieve the HC without drinking poison.  It would seem the thing to do
would be to wait there until you figured out the puzzle, rather than drink
the poison.