Some questions

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> Snow:
> 
> (3) If the Phoenix has healing powers in its tears, why didn't Fawkes 
> just cry on Dumbledore's wand hand that was burned by the Horcrux to 
> heal it? 
> 

Neri:
Because phoenixes are poor actors. They can't shed their tears to
order. They must feel extremely sad in order to cry, or it wouldn't be
true tears. In GoF (Ch. 36), Fawkes sits in Harry's lap while Harry
tells Dumbledore and Sirius what had happened in the graveyard, but
only at the very end of the story he is moved enough to shed tears on
Harry's injured leg. Of course, Harry's leg was nothing that Madam
Pomfrey couldn't manage in a thrice, but that was the point in Harry's
story where the reader too feels like fumbling for the tissues. 

Now Dumbledore's hand, it's just not enough to merit a good cry, even
if it's Fawkes' master. A 12 yrs old kid dying lonely in Slytherin's
ancient dungeon, after he heroically tried but faild in saving the
little girl from the most evil wizard of all times – that's a
different story. But the old meddler finally making a mistake and get
zapped for it, well, it *is* a bit sad, but it's not *that* sad, if
you know what I mean.   

Neri