But that relies on Dumbledore forgetting to check the ring, and since Dumbledore is very clever, that’s a very big gamble for Harry to make. If he’s going to carry around Hermione’s transfigured corpse on his person, he should at least have it as something completely innocuous, like a button.
No. Then when Dumbledore waves his wand it goes bing-bing-bing when he gets to the button. With ygert’s theory, it goes bing-bing-bing when he gets to the ring, Harry detransfigures the stone, and then (with non-negligible probability, at least) Dumbledore doesn’t think to re-check the ring itself.
I don’t find the theory convincing, but if Harry were going to do something along those lines then using the ring seems smarter than using the button. (Better, for topological reasons, to transfigure Hermione’s corpse into part of the ring. Otherwise, what happens if Harry’s asleep wearing the ring and someone casts Finite Incantatem? Eww.)
Did you read chapter 93 yet? If not, go and read it before you see anymore spoilers. Otherwise, recall that Dumbledore used that magic-detector thing to check Harry’s person and all objects in Harry’s possession for if they were transfigured from Hermione’s remains. Several things turned up magical, and those like Harry’s emergency portkey were checked to see if they were transfigured from something else. When Dumbledore got to the ring, that detected as magic (of course) and Dumbledore suspected that rather than the diamond being his father’s rock, Harry had secretly transfigured Hermione’s remains into the diamond. But when Dumbledore dispelled the transfiguration on the diamond, it was the diamond after all. Thus, Dumbledore’s check checked out, and Dumbledore concluded that Harry was not hiding Hermione’s remains.
But that relies on Dumbledore forgetting to check the ring, and since Dumbledore is very clever, that’s a very big gamble for Harry to make. If he’s going to carry around Hermione’s transfigured corpse on his person, he should at least have it as something completely innocuous, like a button.
No. Then when Dumbledore waves his wand it goes bing-bing-bing when he gets to the button. With ygert’s theory, it goes bing-bing-bing when he gets to the ring, Harry detransfigures the stone, and then (with non-negligible probability, at least) Dumbledore doesn’t think to re-check the ring itself.
I don’t find the theory convincing, but if Harry were going to do something along those lines then using the ring seems smarter than using the button. (Better, for topological reasons, to transfigure Hermione’s corpse into part of the ring. Otherwise, what happens if Harry’s asleep wearing the ring and someone casts Finite Incantatem? Eww.)
Did you read chapter 93 yet? If not, go and read it before you see anymore spoilers. Otherwise, recall that Dumbledore used that magic-detector thing to check Harry’s person and all objects in Harry’s possession for if they were transfigured from Hermione’s remains. Several things turned up magical, and those like Harry’s emergency portkey were checked to see if they were transfigured from something else. When Dumbledore got to the ring, that detected as magic (of course) and Dumbledore suspected that rather than the diamond being his father’s rock, Harry had secretly transfigured Hermione’s remains into the diamond. But when Dumbledore dispelled the transfiguration on the diamond, it was the diamond after all. Thus, Dumbledore’s check checked out, and Dumbledore concluded that Harry was not hiding Hermione’s remains.