Changes I would make

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 177417

 "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:

> how does 'everyone' know about it? 

Hundreds of people witnessed Harry's duel with Voldemort and heard
Harry say he was the master of the Elder wand, and they saw a VERY
convincing demonstration that what Harry said was true.

> we would then have to add those injuries
> to the earlier parts of the story to
> document them. 

My idea was that Harry received those injuries sometime during the
last 19 years and let the reader speculate exactly how.

> one of the first rules of writing is
> 'don't use a fancy word when a simple
> word will do'.

I don't think "helix" is a fancy word, if JKR's readers don't know
what it means then they certainly should, what with DNA and all.

 Eggplant