Don’t forget that Quirrell can sense Harry’s emotions (cf. coming to a resolution, and the prophecy). Under the circumstances, he doesn’t need mind-reading to realise that Harry’s figured him out.
Well, we only know that Harry feels doom when near Q and/or his magic, and that in one case in Azkhaban something weird happened when Harry’s Patronus interacted with what appeared to be an Avada Kedavra bolt, and that Q appears to avoid touching Harry.
Normally I’d say that faking the doom sensations for a year, and faking being incapacitated while trying to break someone out of Azkhaban, would be too complicated. But in this case...
Don’t forget that Quirrell can sense Harry’s emotions (cf. coming to a resolution, and the prophecy). Under the circumstances, he doesn’t need mind-reading to realise that Harry’s figured him out.
And I’d managed to forget about their magics not touching. So yes, maybe it was body language after all.
Well, we only know that Harry feels doom when near Q and/or his magic, and that in one case in Azkhaban something weird happened when Harry’s Patronus interacted with what appeared to be an Avada Kedavra bolt, and that Q appears to avoid touching Harry.
Normally I’d say that faking the doom sensations for a year, and faking being incapacitated while trying to break someone out of Azkhaban, would be too complicated. But in this case...