Well, in theory, the book might have started ignoring muggleborn children. I don't think the DEs have anyone capable of picking apart the charms enough to tell that that wouldn't happen.
Or one of the DoM's various projects in the camps might have accidentally managed to stop births/stunt magical potential at least for a while. (I was going to suggest Y2's plague, but that was a year after the starting point he's noting)
I mean, we know neither of those is true, but they might be passable explanations.
(On the other hand, dramatically, Bill is in a good position now to fill in some of Minerva's intel if she is no longer in a position to give it. Which in itself is worrying with this development. Remember (in retrospect) how they set up Nick Towler to do that for Arthur?)
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Date: 2013-06-27 11:32 pm (UTC)Well, in theory, the book might have started ignoring muggleborn children. I don't think the DEs have anyone capable of picking apart the charms enough to tell that that wouldn't happen.
Or one of the DoM's various projects in the camps might have accidentally managed to stop births/stunt magical potential at least for a while. (I was going to suggest Y2's plague, but that was a year after the starting point he's noting)
I mean, we know neither of those is true, but they might be passable explanations.
(On the other hand, dramatically, Bill is in a good position now to fill in some of Minerva's intel if she is no longer in a position to give it. Which in itself is worrying with this development. Remember (in retrospect) how they set up Nick Towler to do that for Arthur?)