The Malfoys' hidden room and willed Legilimency (Was: CHAPDISC: HBP16)

[Najwa]

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> Carol Wrote:

> On a completely unrelated note (because I don't want to use up a post
> on this observation!), I think I may have run across an example of
> Dumbledore communicating wordlessly through eye contact/willed
> Legilimency, suggesting that he may have done so again with Snape on
> the tower (and we also have Harry's attempt to will Snape to
> understand his thought later in the same book, OoP). This one involves
> Madam Bones near the end of Harry's hearing after Fudge has told him
> that it's not up to him to decide what the MoM does or doesn't do:
> 
> "'Of course it isn't,' said Dumbledore mildly. 'I was merely
> expressing my confidence that this matter will not go uninvestigated.'
> 
> "He glanced at Madam Bones, who readjusted her monocle and stared back
> at him, frowning slightly" (OoP Am. ed. 147).
> 
> Of course, this small incident could simply be an example of people
> who know each other fairly well communicating through an exchanged
> glance as Muggles do (usually accompanied by a nudge, a wink, a raised
> eyebrow, or rolling eyes), but given Madam Bones's intense scrutiny
> here, indicated by her stare and her readjusted monocle, I suggest
> that she's seeing something here beyond the usual "Did you catch
> that?" or "yeah, right!" I think he's saying, "I trust that *you* will
> look into it as I don't trust Fudge to do so" or something along those
> lines.
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Najwa:
That is precisely what I mean when I talk about Dumbledore and Snape
telepathically communicating a secret plan during the DD murder scene.
I think that they can directly allow certain people to read thoughts
and close off their minds to all others who might be trying to
intrude. I think that if we go back to certain scenes (i.e. Harry's
occlumancy lesson when he actually got to Snape) you might can feel
when someone is tapping into your mind or transmitting something to
you mentally, sort of like telepathy.