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[alt_draco]

Dolohov's message is a prayer for the dead, in case anyone was wondering.

Yeah, he should give that up as a pointless practice. I don't feel a thing.

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[alt_justin]

Draco,

I say, one hopes it means he'll bally well do his best to maintain discipline without encouraging recklessness, what.

I wrote to him with my sincere condolences about you and your father and what's happened, and to say that of course I understand it's unlikely he'll be able to see me for some time, but that naturally, I would be happy to help in any way that would make his summer easier. I've not heard back just yet but I hadn't expected to do, either. I say, perhaps between myself and Cedric we can find out just what he plans, as well as anything that might be helpful for you to know about your mother's well-being.

-Justin

[alt_draco]

Thanks, but I'm not all that concerned about how my mother's doing. Even so, I can guess what kind of state she's probably in.

[alt_cedric]

He's doing a huge amount of research this summer. He's not discussing it at all. He leaves all of his equipment and notes behind at whatever location he's working at. He's given me no hints what-so-ever about what or where. Often I can make some guesses based on what books he's looking at, but whatever project this is so secret he's keeping even his reading about it separate.

He's not happy when he gets back. Which worries me a fair bit. He's willing to happily discuss and work on a great many disturbing things. A list of stuff that bothers him is vanishingly small.

[alt_neville]

But that list includes children dying, according to Draco. 'On his watch.' Which I guess means while he feels responsible. Interesting. Especially if he's gonna be Headmaster.

I'd ask the older members of the Order who might remember: Mum, Dad, Kingsley, Sirius...are there any reports, back when The Lord Protector was first on the rise, of Dolohov being directly responsible for the deaths of children? Because maybe that's an ethical line he won't cross.

Which might mean if we ever get up to something really dangerous at the school, if there's a chance that we could be caught, it might be best to use the youngest among us.

Is that why he let some of us go at the Ministry, last year?

Private message to Cedric Diggory

[alt_neville]

Remember that Grim Truth Sirius told when Dolohov first came the Hogwarts, about Rachel Brodie when she was just a little girl? He didn't kill her then. Maybe that was why.

It also might mean you'll have to REALLY watch out that you don't get caught snooping around his office. You're of age now, and that might mean that if he does catch you, he isn't gonna keep his wand holstered.

Re: Private message to Cedric Diggory

[alt_cedric]

I've got good reasons to touch almost anything in his office. There's almost nothing I could do to his office that would be suspicious. That may change in the Headmaster's office. We'll see. If I fumble the quaffle and make him think I intend him harm, I'll be dead whenever he wants. He'll just surprise me and it'll be all over. but the torture and the dying It's only fair. That's my plan for him, whenever Alice your m the Order says I'll step behind him and well thing will end. One way or another.

He knows my first loyalty flies with Harry, unless and until he suspects Harry of more than wanting to reform the Protectorate and protecting people anything suspicious that I'd do will fall under 'helping Harry'. If he believes Harry is a traitor our goose's well and thoroughly cooked.

The more I work with him the weirder Slytherin thinking gets. Everything has two, three or more motives. It's all pieces moving about on a crazy multidimensional chess board where every move makes half a dozen different things happen. My goals are so simple and he over complicates it.

[alt_sally_anne]

He let us go because Arista had drunk Felix Felicis.

[alt_sally_anne]

But, also, I think he may have guessed we were after Arista and Hector.

And I think you're right, he doesn't like hurting little kids. Which is not to say that he WOULDN'T if he thought he had to, he'd just rather not.

[alt_kingsley]

I don't have any memory of any report that Dolohov was responsible for the death of children. And as grim as some of the field notes are about his actions, that's saying something. In fact I'd say he has gone out of his way to avoid it.