[HPforGrownups] Severus Snape;a skilled Legilimens

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 180064

biancawatanabe_123 wrote:
> It was stated in OOTP that Snape could read other people's minds just 
> like LV.  Then why is it that in the SS, when LV was sharing his body 
> with Quirrel, he didn't realize that Snape was faithful to Dumbledore? 
> And in the GOF when Barty Crouch Jr. was stealing boomslang skin, 
> lacewing flies and other ingredients to make Polyjuice Potion from 
> Snape, why did Snape suspect Harry of stealing them when he could just 
> read Harry's mind and figure out if it was really him all along who 
> was stealing? 

Bart:
	In OOP, Sevvy was VERY specific that leglimancy is NOT reading minds. 
At best, without actually casting a spell, it can be used to tell if 
someone is being honest, lying, or evasive. Harry was being evasive, 
while Sevvy didn't suspect Moodycrouch, so didn't try to find out from him.

	Bart