HBP post DH look Chapters 1-2.

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> Pippin: 
> 
> Snape says in Spinner's End that Dumbledore has "sustained a 
serious injury." 
> Dumbledore's hand is damaged and he is wearing the ring with its 
cracked stone when he 
> retrieves Harry, evidently that same night. 

Alla:

Wait, so we are absolutely sure that when he said injury he meant the 
ring injury? I mean, I know that he was not really injured after the 
fight in MoM with Voldemort, but still, it is a given that this is 
what the reference was to?


Pippin:
Therefore, Snape had already  agreed that he 
> would eventually kill Dumbledore. We can also see that Snape was 
telling Narcissa and 
> Bella the truth when he said he knew of The Plan.

Alla:

Right, I can see that. He knows of the Plan from Dumbledore, not from 
Voldemort, right? Sorry, I guess I still am slow.

Pippin:
> But Snape did not have any details on how The Plan was to be 
executed, and Dumbledore  
> had made it Snape's "first priority" to find out what Draco was up 
to. Snape needed to gain 
> Narcissa's trust. Also, she was frightened and dangerous, and who 
knows what harm she 
> might have done to herself or to Draco if Snape had not been 
williing to help her?


Alla:

So back to my original question - you think he took the Vow to find 
out precisely what Draco will be up to and protect him and Narcissa?