[HPforGrownups] Feeble child-thing in train station (From Deathly Hallows)

[Maeg]

No: HPFGUIDX 173957

aquilalorelei wrote:

> Nothing spoilery in the title, nosirree.
> Just wondering what we think the flayed piteous child-thing is in the
> limbo!King's Cross station.
> I really have no idea, especially with why Dumbledore so specifically
> forbids Harry to aid it (him? her?)

I read the previous thread about what the thing is, and agree with  
the assessment that it is Voldemort (not the part of his soul that  
was in Harry, but what's left of him).

But I still don't understand Dumbledore's insistence that Harry not  
help him. To me, it was more than just "you can't help him";  
Dumbledore seemed to order Harry not to help. That seemed cruel --  
but perhaps that is the point? From what we now know of Dumbledore,  
he's awfully cruel at times, even if JKR wants us to think he's on  
the "good" side.

Maeg

My mind isn't always in the gutter -- sometimes it comes out to feed.