Harry should be treating himself for transfiguration sickness right now. He breathed some strange smells, and having a death eater poison the air is exactly the sort of contingency Voldemort should have taken.
Also, he doesn’t seem to have paid any attention to where the Philosopher’s Stone is. Which seems like a huge mistake.
(Edit: Reread, and noticed it says “Harry donned his robes, and placed the Stone of Permanency in an ordinary pocket, he wasn’t sure what the Stone might do to his pouch.” Retract previous sentence.)
The reason you didn’t see the Philosopher’s Stone in your first read is that it wasn’t there. Eliezer accidentally dropped it in one of his edits, and put it back in after Reddit was all “Where’s the Stone?!”
(Edit: Reread, and noticed it says “Harry donned his robes, and placed the Stone of Permanency in an ordinary pocket, he wasn’t sure what the Stone might do to his pouch.” Retract previous sentence.)
That was edited in later, you were right the first time.
Harry should be treating himself for transfiguration sickness right now. He breathed some strange smells, and having a death eater poison the air is exactly the sort of contingency Voldemort should have taken.
Also, he doesn’t seem to have paid any attention to where the Philosopher’s Stone is. Which seems like a huge mistake.
(Edit: Reread, and noticed it says “Harry donned his robes, and placed the Stone of Permanency in an ordinary pocket, he wasn’t sure what the Stone might do to his pouch.” Retract previous sentence.)
The reason you didn’t see the Philosopher’s Stone in your first read is that it wasn’t there. Eliezer accidentally dropped it in one of his edits, and put it back in after Reddit was all “Where’s the Stone?!”
The strange smells are described as “coppery smells”, which probably refers to all the blood.
(Of course, the hemoglobin in blood contains iron, rather than copper, but “irony smells” would not be a great choice of words, I suppose …)
Blood smells like copper to me.
This appears to be because copper and iron both “smell” like blood.
That was edited in later, you were right the first time.