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“Thank you, Severus\a133″
The office disappeared, and now Snape and Dumbledore were strolling together in the deserted castle grounds by twilight
“What are you doing with Potter, all these evenings you are closeted together?” Snape asked abruptly
Dumbledore looked weary
“Why? You aren’t trying to give him \imore\i detentions, Severus? The boy will soon have spent more time in detention than out
“He is his father over again – ”
“In looks, perhaps, but his deepest nature is much more like his mother’sI spend time with Harry because I have things to discuss with him, information I must give him before it is too late
“Information,” repeated Snape”You trust him\a133you do not trust me
“It is not a question of trustI have, as we both know, limited timeIt is essential that I give the boy enough information for him to do what he needs to do
“And why may I not have the same information?”
“I prefer not to put all of my secrets in one basket, particularly not a basket that spends so much time dangling on the arm of Lord cartier roadster replica Voldemort
“Which I do on your orders!”
“And you do it extremely wellDo not think that I underestimate the constant danger in which you place yourself, SeverusTo give Voldemort what appears to be valuable information while withholding the essentials is a job I would entrust to nobody but you
“Yet you confide much more in a boy who is incapable of Occlumency, whose magic is mediocre, and who has a direct connection into the Dark Lord’s mind!”
“Voldemort fears that connection,” said Dumbledore”Not so long ago he had one small taste of what truly sharing Harry’s mind means to himIt was pain such as he has never experiencedHe will not try to possess Harry again, I am sure of it
“I don’t understand
“Lord Voldemort’s soul, maimed as it is, cannot bear close contact with a soul like Harry’sLike a tongue on frozen steel, like flesh in flame – ”
“Souls? We were talking of minds!”
“In the case of Harry and Lord Voldemort, to speak of one is to speak of the other
Dumbledore glanced around to make sure that they were big chanel aloneThey were close by the Forbidden Forest now, but there was no sign of anyone near them
“After you have killed me, Severus – ”
“You refuse to tell me everything, yet you expect that small service of me!” snarled Snape, and real anger flared in the thin face now”You take a great deal for granted, Dumbledore! Perhaps I have changed my mind!”
“You gave me your word, SeverusAnd while we are talking about services you owe me, I thought you agreed to keep a close eye on our young Slytherin friend?”
Snape looked angry, mutinous
“Come to my office tonight, Severus, at eleven, and you shall not complain that I have no confidence in you\a133″
They were back in Dumbledore’s office, the windows dark, and Fawkes sat silent as Snape sat quite still, as Dumbledore walked around him, talking
“Harry must not know, not until the last moment, not until it is necessary, otherwise how could he have the strength to do what must be done?”
“But what must he do?”
“That is between Harry and meNow listen closely, SeverusThere will come a chloe bags paddington time – after my death – do not argue, do not interrupt! There will come a time when Lord Voldemort will seem to fear for the life of his snake
“For Nagini?” Snape looked astonishedIf there comes a time when Lord Voldemort stops sending that snake forth to do his bidding, but keeps it safe beside him under magical protection, then, I think, it will be safe to tell Harry
“Tell him what?”
Dumbledore took a deep breath and closed his eyes
“Tell him that on the night Lord Voldemort tried to kill him, when Lily cast her own life between them as a shield, the Killing Curse rebounded upon Lord Voldemort, and a fragment of Voldemort’s soul was blasted apart from the whole, and latched itself onto the only living soul left in that collapsed buildingPart of Lord Voldemort lives inside Harry, and it is that which gives him the power of speech with snakes, and a connection with Lord Voldemort’s mind that he has never understoodAnd while that fragment of soul, unmissed by Voldemort, remains attached to and protected by Harry, Lord chanel j12 watches Voldemort cannot die
Harry seemed to be watching the two men from one end of a long tunnel, they were so far away from him, their voices echoing strangely in his ears
“So the boy\a133the boy must die?” asked Snape quite calmly
“And Voldemort himself must do it, Severus
Another long silenceThen Snape said, “I thought\a133all those years\a133that we were protecting him for her
“We have protected him because it has been essential to teach him, to raise him, to let him try his strength,” said Dumbledore, his eyes still tight shut”Meanwhile, the connection between them grows ever stronger, a parasitic growthSometimes I have thought he suspects it himselfIf I know him, he will have arranged matters so that when he does set out to meet his death, it will truly mean the end of Voldemort
Dumbledore opened his eyesSnape looked horrified
“You have kept him alive so that he can die at the right moment?”
“Don’t be shocked, SeverusHow many men and women have you watched die?”
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