PS/SS - chapter 1, post DH look

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 180885

> 
> "
but how in the name of Heaven did Harry survive?
> We can only guess, said Dumbledore. We may never know" – p.12
> 
> Alla:
> 
> So does this line means that at this point in time Dumbledore does 
> not know that Harry is a Horcrux?

Mike:
I think this quote hints at Dumbledore suspecting the ancient love 
magic from Lily's sacrifice. Though how Dumbledore knew what went 
down at GH, we never found out. 


I have my favorite quote from this chapter, that I assumed was a clue 
that Dumbledore was aware of the soul piece in Harry?

... they could see a curiously shaped cut, like a bolt of lightening.
"Is that where --?" whispered Professor McGonnagall.
"Yes," said Dumbledore. "He'll have that scar forever."
"Couldn't you do something about it, Dumbledore?"

>>> "Even if I could, I wouldn't...." <<<   p. 15

It's that "Even if I could" that set me off. It sounded like 
Dumbledore was saying he couldn't heal that cut, prevent that scar. 
Why wouldn't Dumbledore be able to heal a simple cut to not leave a 
scar? It seemed obvious to me that it *wasn't* a simple cut. There 
was more to that cut. 

Now it appears that maybe it was because it was made by an AK, and 
like George's ear severed by dark magic, it couldn't be properly 
healed either. But I always took it as having something to do with 
the entry of a soul piece.

Mike