A few questions about OOTP

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "antonia31h" <antonia31h at ...> 
wrote:
>
> I was just wondering about certain things from OOTP. For example what
> is beneath the veil in that room of the Ministry of Magic? What were
> those voices Harry heard and Luna mentioned? And what about the room
> that is locked at all times and as Dumbledore said has such a great
> force inside it, one that Harry also posess? Is this force love? And
> if so how is it kept in that room? And last but not least what is the
> thing with the brains floating in the room? What did Hermione mean by
> "they are breeding"? Breeding what?
> If anyone could answer I would be very grateful.
> Antonia31h

My understanding is that the brains contained memories (bad ones from 
my point of view). IMO, Ron had horrible scenes from those memories 
playing through his mind the entire time those tentacles of thought 
were wrapped around him. 

That they were 'breeding' meant (IMO) that new memories were being 
added. Whose and from where the memories were coming, I don't know. 
The book doesn't say.  

If you notice, there are still marks left on Ron even a while after 
the battle. Madam Pomfrey says that these wounds (from the tentacles 
of thought/memory that wrapped around Ron during the battle) are hard 
to heal because they are deep. This is true in life. Bad memories are 
hard to get over. It takes time to heal.

I think that the marks may still be there in HBP. Seems like this is 
mentioned. Harry's are still there from Umbridge and Marrietta's are 
still there from being a 'sneak'. If I'm not mistaken, I think Ron's 
are still there too. Oh well, I'll just have to read the book again. 
Darn, I hate that :)

Jenni from Alabama