Horcrux hunting

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 152414

I was listening to the CD of HBP and first I want to encourage 
everyone to get a copy from your local library and listen to it.  
Listening is so much better for finding the small details.  Things 
just jumped out at me that I had forgotten.  It is like a whole new 
book in places.

Now while I was listening to the part where DD takes Harry to the 
cave, it occurred to me just how dangerous that place was.  And I 
thought "wait a minute
 here is Harry the boy who must be kept safe 
by all means possible and DD is taking him to this very dangerous 
place".  All I can come up with is that DD must have faith in his 
own ability to keep Harry safe no matter what happens there.  But it 
does seem a bit strange on the surface.  Seems a bit reckless.  But 
I suppose that DD felt in control even if he didn't know what to 
expect.  I know he wanted to teach Harry how to identify places that 
LV had been and get some practical experience in Horcrux hunting
 
but still
 

I guess being a wizard is just dangerous all around.  Look how many 
times that they all end up in the hospital. It sure seems a lot more 
dangerous than the Muggle world.

I wonder if Lily's protection is greater than we think. Maybe it 
protects Harry from being killed at all until he is 17. Or maybe DD 
saw the future... but he doesn't believe in that.  So I am back to 
DD just having faith in his own ability or maybe ... maybe... in 
Fawkes??  If DD had died in the cave and Harry was left there, would 
Fawkes have come to save him?  Just trying to figure out why DD 
would take Harry to such a dangerous place...

Tonks_op