Do you think Hermione expects Harry to have not thought about the problem, or to have no ideas about how to solve it?
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“Fair warning, though,” Harry went on, “I might solve the debt to Lucius Malfoy myself if I see a way before you do, it’s more important to get that sorted immediately than which one of us gets it sorted. Anything interesting so far?”
Hermione ought to think that if Harry knew how to pay off the debt, he would already be working on it. We have every reason to think that as well. But he isn’t. And that’s what’s very, very odd.
That says nothing about priorities. It’s more important to find the person who framed Hermione than it is to solve the debt, and it’s more important to solve the debt than it is which of them solves it. There’s no contradiction.
Well, he can’t work on them to-the-moment simultaneously, so investing time in solving the debt means less time invested in solving the frame up. The debt is on hold for years, whereas the trail for the frame up may be getting colder by the day.
Do you think Hermione expects Harry to have not thought about the problem, or to have no ideas about how to solve it?
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Hermione ought to think that if Harry knew how to pay off the debt, he would already be working on it. We have every reason to think that as well. But he isn’t. And that’s what’s very, very odd.
He has bigger and more urgent problems, is the short version. So?
In your own quote, you said:
’it’s more important to get that sorted immediately than which one of us gets it sorted.”
Regardless of whether it is urgent, Harry obviously believes it to be so.
That says nothing about priorities. It’s more important to find the person who framed Hermione than it is to solve the debt, and it’s more important to solve the debt than it is which of them solves it. There’s no contradiction.
There’s no reason he can’t work on both problems simultaneously.
Well, he can’t work on them to-the-moment simultaneously, so investing time in solving the debt means less time invested in solving the frame up. The debt is on hold for years, whereas the trail for the frame up may be getting colder by the day.