More puzzling DH questions from a Muggle

[irenetsui]

No: HPFGUIDX 172762

Mindy:
> > 6) How did Tom Riddle's soul in the locket know all those
> >mistruths about Ron's mother wanting a girl, hermione wanting Harry
> >etc. - is this some form of dark eerie magic?
>
> Maybe it could 'hear' things going on around it. Don't know that one
> but good point.
>

Irene:

I think that during all that time the Trio had taken turn wearing the
locket, the soul inside it gathered that those are the hidden fears of
Ron, and used them to taunt him.

We saw that after wearing the locket for an extended period of time,
the wearer exhibited a darker change in character. As the locket ate
them away, more secrets of the wearer would surface. The wearer might
not had said those things out loud, but probably spent more time
brooding on those dark thoughts. That's how Tom's soul in the locket
came up with those information.