Sounds right, but the present-day situation is the same: orbs may float to you if and only if you enter the Hall. So Dumbledore should know whether he is involved in the prophecy or not. Unless I missed something?
The easiest way to stop the floating is to stop the floating entirely, in which case entering the hall wouldn’t necessarily help.
And we don’t know Dumbledore has entered the hall or not, for that matter: he may not be willing to risk another break-in for anything short of Voldemort itself, Trelawney’s second prophecy may seem benign, or he fears that hearing the prophecy may narrow down his options or some other harm.
Or maybe Trelawney stopped speaking after he teleported her away, and that proved the prophecy wasn’t about him but about someone who was left in the Great Hall.
That’s a good point. Actually, don’t we have some vignettes of Trelawney under prophetic pressure after that incident? That would explain the lack of any Hall action, if the prophecy is not yet done.
Still leaves Dumbledore a mystery: if Trelawney stopped after teleporting away, and this proves it wasn’t about Dumbledore, then what is stopping him from sitting in Trelawney’s office and one by one summoning suspects until she suddenly bursts out the rest?
Sounds right, but the present-day situation is the same: orbs may float to you if and only if you enter the Hall. So Dumbledore should know whether he is involved in the prophecy or not. Unless I missed something?
The easiest way to stop the floating is to stop the floating entirely, in which case entering the hall wouldn’t necessarily help.
And we don’t know Dumbledore has entered the hall or not, for that matter: he may not be willing to risk another break-in for anything short of Voldemort itself, Trelawney’s second prophecy may seem benign, or he fears that hearing the prophecy may narrow down his options or some other harm.
Or maybe Trelawney stopped speaking after he teleported her away, and that proved the prophecy wasn’t about him but about someone who was left in the Great Hall.
That’s a good point. Actually, don’t we have some vignettes of Trelawney under prophetic pressure after that incident? That would explain the lack of any Hall action, if the prophecy is not yet done.
Still leaves Dumbledore a mystery: if Trelawney stopped after teleporting away, and this proves it wasn’t about Dumbledore, then what is stopping him from sitting in Trelawney’s office and one by one summoning suspects until she suddenly bursts out the rest?