I can’t for the life of me find anything earlier than Chapter 47′s offhanded-seeming
And Father couldn’t testify under Veritaserum because he was an Occlumens, he couldn’t even get Dumbledore put on trial, [...]
which comes right before
“I was trained by Mr. Bester. Professor Quirrell set it up. Look, Draco, I’ll take one drop of Veritaserum if you can get it, I’m just warning you that I’m an Occlumens. Not a perfect Occlumens, but Mr. Bester said I was putting up a complete block, and I could probably beat Veritaserum.”
I know the Occlumency > Veritaserum thing is canon, but it seems like it wasn’t actually explained or foreshadowed in this fic until it became plot-relevant, which seems a little sloppy.
Hm… I can’t find it in canon, either. HP Wiki cites Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as the source, but I’ve scanned for all instances of verita and occlu and still no luck. Curses!
I can’t for the life of me find anything earlier than Chapter 47′s offhanded-seeming
which comes right before
I know the Occlumency > Veritaserum thing is canon, but it seems like it wasn’t actually explained or foreshadowed in this fic until it became plot-relevant, which seems a little sloppy.
Hm… I can’t find it in canon, either. HP Wiki cites Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as the source, but I’ve scanned for all instances of verita and occlu and still no luck. Curses!