How would that work, exactly? Would the Sorting Hat be unable to hear anything said in there? I should think not. And whatever doesn’t work on the sorting hat probably wouldn’t work on the instruments. Or what about all the portraits? There’s some definite spying potential in the slytherin headmasters.
Exactly. A recording device doesn’t have to be actively broadcasting every thing; it could be just that Quirrel gets updates any time he is summoned to the headmaster’s office. Untimely intel is better than no intel.
You’d expect the Headmaster’s office to be laced with anti-eavesdropping charms.
Although when the Headmaster is Dumbledore who can control such things without aids with less than a flick of the finger or someone with the cunning to want to be selectively overheard the expectation is not quite so clear.
Although when the Headmaster is Dumbledore who can control such things without aids with less than a flick of the finger or someone with the canny to want to be selectively overheard the expectation is not quite so clear.
..… what
What are you trying to say? Looks like a ‘damn you autocorrect’ moment to me… (‘canny’ isn’t a noun, for instance)
You’d expect the Headmaster’s office to be laced with anti-eavesdropping charms.
How would that work, exactly? Would the Sorting Hat be unable to hear anything said in there? I should think not. And whatever doesn’t work on the sorting hat probably wouldn’t work on the instruments. Or what about all the portraits? There’s some definite spying potential in the slytherin headmasters.
Exactly. A recording device doesn’t have to be actively broadcasting every thing; it could be just that Quirrel gets updates any time he is summoned to the headmaster’s office. Untimely intel is better than no intel.
Although when the Headmaster is Dumbledore who can control such things without aids with less than a flick of the finger or someone with the cunning to want to be selectively overheard the expectation is not quite so clear.
..… what
What are you trying to say? Looks like a ‘damn you autocorrect’ moment to me… (‘canny’ isn’t a noun, for instance)
Eek. Somehow I changed from ‘cunning’ to ‘savvy’ mid-word!