Bathilda + the snake

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 176875

Jen: 
> Oh dear, you got all *that*?!  I was trying to figure out really 
> important stuff like why Harry walked on his wand but not the body, 
or 
> why Nagini's tail didn't whip the body around, lol.  It was weird 
how 
> the body was 'collapsing' as Nagini came out 'from the place where 
the 
> neck had been.'  Sort of like it was the skin only - urgh.  Maybe 
that 
> explains why no one tripped over it.  Am I slow on the uptake with 
this 
> part, too?

Ceridwen:
I imagined her head to just hinge off to the side, like Nearly 
Headless Nick's, when the snake came out.  I guess, thinking about 
it, that the body was hollowed out for the snake to take up 
residence.  Ewwww, maybe the snake ate the innards to sustain herself 
while she waited for Harry to show up.  *taking moment to gross out*  
The body seemed to be completely empty once the snake came out, just 
sloughed off like... er, a snake shedding its skin.  I think the body 
had to have at least retained the skeletal structure, so the corpse 
could be animated to walk and open doors, but was basically hollow 
inside.

I think the way you remember it depends on the mental images 
you "saw" while reading the scene.  These are just my own mental 
images.

Ceridwen.