[the_old_crowd] Re: Potion in the Cave

[Catherine Coleman]

--- Barry Arrowsmith <arrowsmithbt at ...> wrote:

And

He

Was 

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Naughty

And

Forgot 

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> 'Cos that's what DD demonstrates. He's seeing, feeling events that
> are acutely distressing, his words are proof:
> 
> "It's all my fault, all my fault," he sobbed, "please make it stop, I know
> I did wrong [...] Don't hurt them, don't hurt them, please, please,
> it's my fault, hurt me instead...[...] I  want to die! I want to die! Make it
> stop! [...] KILL ME!"
> 
> Very nasty, whatever it is he's seeing.
> It seemed possible that the potion was designed to show any intruder
> just what was in store for them with the agony of past victims thrown 
> in for demonstration purposes. But what if.... what if the potion dredges
> events from the victim's own memories? 'Cos it could be that what DD
> is suffering from is guilt and remorse.  A subtle and very personal torture.

Agreed with what you said - but when reading it put together like that, the effects of the potion
make me think it contains Essence of Dementor.

Catherine

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