Babbling on on Avada Kadavra mechanics

[Lexa_C]

No: HPFGUIDX 172930

> Alexa:
> > I have to say the entire King's Cross chapter creeped me right out 
> > because of the way both Dumbledore and Harry ignored the writhing,
> whimpering creature 
> > right there in the same room with them. It didn't speak well of
> either of them, in my 
> > opinion. 

Valky:
> Harry didn't ignore the creature, he did try to help. 
> The whimpering thing was Voldemort's soul in all the agony that he had
> brought on himself through destroying it. While Harry was in that
> white room what could he have done to repair the damage Voldemort had
> done to himself?

He could have given Tom Riddle's soul some idea of what it was like to be touched, even 
for a moment, by comforting, caring hands. Who knows the difference that could have 
made in the ultimate outcome of Voldemort's life? Probably none at that point, which is 
why I said it says more about Harry that he doesn't make the effort. Of course, if Tom 
Riddle had been touched by comforting, caring hands at any point in his life when he 
needed it, maybe more things would have turned out differently.

-Alexa