[HPforGrownups] Thoughts on the specific wording of the prophecy

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 171518

From: Beth Hartung <mercuryblue144 at gmail.com>
MercuryBlue:
>The objects were damaged or destroyed, yes. Whatever connected the soul
>pieces to the objects is gone, yes. Are the soul pieces destroyed as well,
>or simply set loose to wander until such time as they are all detached from
>physical things and therefore capable of passing beyond the veil?

Bart:
Either way, they cannot be recombined with Morty; otherwise, wouldn't it be better to let the soul pieces roam free than to put them in objects, which can be captured and destroyed? 

Consider, there must be a reason why even Dark magicians shy from making horcruxes. The most obvious reason is that, while it makes you harder to kill, with a piece of your soul gone, you are not "you" any more. I do admit that I am taking an educated guess that, when your body dies, if you have a horcrux, then the soul piece in your body is gone, and it is the soul piece that is in the horcrux that keeps you from going beyond the Veil. 

Bart