Harry thought he could figure out who the Death Eaters were by checking their arms for the Dark Mark. Turns out it’s not that simple.
Er, he broke that protection in about five minutes of thought. That’s evidence for actually being able to run strategic circles around magical Britain.
And yet Dumbledore and everyone else he though of asking couldn’t solve it themselves for twenty years. For the last ten years, Snape would have told them if they’d even made the right suggestion.
Er, he broke that protection in about five minutes of thought. That’s evidence for actually being able to run strategic circles around magical Britain.
Dumbledore did hand him the “You’re wrong, think about it for 5 minutes” cue in a way that got him to do it. That kind of thing is crazy helpful.
And yet Dumbledore and everyone else he though of asking couldn’t solve it themselves for twenty years. For the last ten years, Snape would have told them if they’d even made the right suggestion.