CHAPDISC: DH28, THE MISSING MIRROR

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 184251

> 8. If Albus' plea in the cave means what Harry tells Aberforth it
> meant, does it mean that Albus knew after all who killed Ariana?

Sarah:
I am sorry for this answer but I still have no idea. There are some
questionable things in there. It almost reads like Gellert was
making Albus kill her, in parts. But in King's Cross, Albus still
claims to not know.


Alla:

I just feel that I need to clarify that question, because when I 
wrote it I had a very specific point in mind, not the general 
ambiguity of the story. And this is the point which sort of makes me 
wonder if it is as contradictory as I thought before.

Harry says (paraphrase) than when Albus screamed please do not hurt 
them, hurt me instead, he was back to watching Grindelwald hurting 
Ariana and Aberforth, right?

Then we have the claim from all of them pretty much that we do not 
know who fired the curse that killed Ariana, yes? Well, Doge pretty 
much absolves Albus, but we agree that it is not clear, I believe.

So what was confusing to me is that if ( and only if that means what 
Harry thinks that means) Albus' do not hurt them, hurt me instead 
means that he sees Grindelwald hurting Ariana, does it not imply that 
Grindelwald after all was the one who killed her?

I mean, not to say, of course that after Grindelwald hit Ariana, 
either Albus or Aberforth could not have hit her with their curses, 
but does it at least imply that Grindelwald did hit the target?

Does it make sense?

Alla