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Chapter Twelve: Mirrors and Shadows (Are One and The Same)
“Is it normal what’s happening to me, sir? With the shadows?”
“N-Normal?” stuttered Quirrell. “Why, it’s e-extraordinary, Mr. Potter. I am so glad that you’ve c-confided in me. I always liked to go to P-Professor Slughorn myself, when I was your age.”
“Professor Slughorn, sir?”
Quirrell’s expression was strangely wistful.
“Y-Yes. Used to teach Potions, y-you know. Very admirable man. Extraordinarily helpful, to those who were a-academically or p-politically inclined. But you wouldn’t be much interested in that quiet sort of life, would you, P-Potter?”
After chaos, comes reflection... the shadows return.
On his friends’ request, Harry agrees to confide in a professor about the strange shadows lurking around him. Why not Professor Quirrell, around whom his scar hurts and magic stabilizes?
Of course, Harry doesn’t realize just who he’s talking to.
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I once told a group of toddler-aged kids, "You can't go onto the playground without a grownup because there could be an alligator out there." after that whenever I told them they couldn't go someplace by themselves (like the hallway) they'd say, "because there could be an alligator, right?"
I accidentally rewired their brains to think any unsafe place was only dangerous because of potential alligators!
funny how adults will say random things to children without much thought or accuracy, and then a kid will integrate that into a fundamental cornerstone of their understanding of reality and The Way The World Works