This moment

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 175353

---  "allies426" <AllieS426 at ...> wrote:
>
> ---  "Ceridwen" <ceridwennight@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > The whole world stopped to hear that Snape loved
> > Lily, and Voldemort  apparently had a heart-to-heart
> > with him about other women afterwards.
> > 
> > "He desired her, that was all," sneered Voldemort,
> > "but when she had gone, *he agreed that there were
> > other women, and of purer blood, worthier of him
> > --*" (page 740 US, asterisks for attention, not 
> > italics)
> > 
> > Snape agreed - so Voldy must have talked with him.
> 
> Allie:
> 
> I doubt it was a heart-to-heart (can someone with 
> almost no soul still have a heart?  :)  ), more like
> a 5 second exchange.  I doubt Voldemort even dreaded
> discussing with Snape why he had killed Lily.
> 
> This is how I imagine it:
> 
> Voldemort: And you understand, Severus, why the silly
> girl had to be eliminated.
> Snape:  Yes, my Lord.
> Voldemort:  Surely you must see now that there are 
> women worthier of your attention, women of purer 
> blood.
> Snape:  Of course, my Lord.
> 
> Very touching, isn't it.  Probably Snape's biggest 
> challenge at performing Occlumency.
>

bboyminn: 

Very close, I think, Allie, but not quite. The central
point is that seconds after Lily was killed, Voldemort
became Vapormort. So there was no time for a heart-
to-heart.

Still, I think you have come close, but picture it 
this way. Snape approaches Voldemort before the fact,
and asks him to spare Lily. Voldemort says he will
if he can, but if not, there are plenty of more
worthy pureblood girls for him. 

Voldemort makes assumptions about Snape's motivations.
Since he doesn't understand Love, Voldemort assumes
Snape simply 'desires' her. 

So, the heart-to-heart, as we are calling it, could
have happened before Voldemort went to kill the
Potters. 

As always, I assume there IS an explanation, we just
don't know what it is.

Steve/bboyminn