Wand Lore / Luna / Alchemy

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 181767

> > a_svirn:
> > However it may be, only someone with "a free and open nature", 
like
> > Othello could mistake such a flimsy piece of evidence for an
> irrefutable proof. Voldemort's nature is anything but. And why would
> Voldemort need any proof if he could use legillemency? <snip>
> >
> Carol responds:
> Snape's "superb Occlumency" is superior to Voldemort's Legilimency,
> formidable though it is, as we see in "The Dark Lord Ascending" 
where
> Snape is hiding the key piece of information regarding Polyjuice and
> multiple Potters.

a_svirn:
But you don't really expect Voldemrt to believe it? Or even suspect 
it?
He might concede that Dumbledore's skills were if not superior,
at least, equal to his own, but as for Snape, he did not consider him
an equal. (If he had, he would have taken care to kill him much 
earlier.)


> Carol, skipping the rest of the post since we've been round and 
round
> on this and I have no idea what DD actually intended when he wanted
> Harry to summon Snape

a_svirn:
Cure him, I suppose. At least temporary. 
a_svirn