DH reread CH 9-11

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 186409

> Alla:
> But hey, at least you have not been manipulated into fighting by playing on your guilt over the death of the woman you loved, OR you had not been manipulated into return to Hogwarts by using the son of the same woman who was your favorite student.

Zara:
Snape and Sluggy are big boys, they can make these sorts of decisions for themselves.

In Sluggy's case, I did not even get a vibe that it was sentiment that brought him to Hogwarts. He saw the opportunity that teaching the Chosen One presented, and it was also pointed out to him that Hogwarts might actually be a fairly safe place to be. Is pointing out previously overlooked advantages of a course of action even manipulation? Now, *Harry* did play on Sluggie's emotions to get that memory.<g> And Albus was dead when Slughorn decided to come back for a second year, and long dead when Sluggie decided it would be a fine idea to duel Voldemort himself.