TBAY: DRIBBLE SHADOWS (long)

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No: HPFGUIDX 128752

SSSusan revives the lost art of TBay:
> <snip>
> "Dumbledore, mightily relieved that Harry had 
> survived the attack, decided to do anything & everything he could 
to 
> FURTHER protect Harry, because he believed Voldemort to not truly 
be 
> dead.  He had Hagrid pick up Harry from the wreckage and take him 
to 
> Snape, who applied the ointment.  The ointment needed several hours 
> to sink into the blood stream and to become activated there.  Once 
> that had happened, Hagrid flew with baby Harry to meet DD at the 
> Dursleys."
> <snip>


Neri:

SSSusan is walking on the beach towards the dock, cooler in hand, 
when she suddenly steps on something sharp in the sand.

"Ouch!" she holds one foot in hand and looks down. "Hey, who's the 
idiot who left a razor on the beach!"

"It's probably Willie's", says Neri, who is just passing on the dock 
with a pump over his shoulder. "I also step on it from time to time".

"Willie?" says SSSusan, puzzled, and looks at the bay.

"Not the whale", clarifies Neri, "William of Ockham".

"Well, tell him he shouldn't leave razors in the sand!" says SSSusan 
irritably and wipes a bit of dragon blood from the sole of her 
foot. "Gee, I hope I didn't catch something".

"I doubt it," says Neri helpfully. "He's a Franciscan friar".

"So why did I have to step on his razor?"

"You probably multiplied assumptions needlessly," says Neri. "Lets 
see. We already have the "ancient magic" that Lily used, and we have 
the "ancient magic" that protects dragons. If this is not a 
coincidence and there's indeed a connection between the two, then the 
elegant solution would be that they are one and the same. If they are 
connected but are two different things we run into complications. 
Such as: what was the magic that saved Harry from Quirrellmort in 
SS/PS? Was it Lily's sacrifice or Snape's dragon blood ointment?  DD 
said it was Lily's sacrifice that did it, so does this mean the 
ointment doesn't work? It would be simpler to assume that Snape did 
finish preparing the ointment before GH, and Lily used it for her 
spell."


Neri