Questions answered with questions that lead to more questions

[ladyrelaynie]

I have just been rereading the last week or so of posts (because wow, a LOT happened in a very short time, and I didn't want to miss anything) and I'm wondering/concerned about two things mentioned but not yet followed up on.

The first is, why is Arista Selwyn avoiding Draco after making such a point of reaching out to him? Was she in classes as Colin said, or is there something else going on there? What could be the reason she decided not to meet him? Maybe nothing, but I'm very hmmmm-y today for some reason.

Second hmm: what is the extra information concerning Harry that Bellatrix left unsaid in her message to Antonin Dolohov? Could it have anything to do with the "insignificant bits" Nott Jr edited out of the recordings showing Draco and Hermione meeting in the secret room? I'm wondering if Bellatrix was the one who edited them, not Nott Jr, because they also showed Harry meeting Draco and Hermione (and maybe others) in the secret room.

On the one hand, Bellatrix may be shielding Harry from suspicion because of His Ponciness.

On the other hand, the case against her nephew isn't as strong if the recordings showed other people meeting in that room. Which either means she hasn't realized that yet, or she has realized it, and doesn't care, because Harry is the important one to her.

Also, is it possible those edited bits could be found and used to clear Draco? Or would they even be enough, since the letter has been determined authentic (still want to know what that thing says, btw).

Anyway. Got my thinking cap on, if anyone cares to speculate with me!

Comments

[alt_player]

Arista's player is out of town; when I had Draco write to her, I didn't know if she would be able to respond or not, so I tried to make it seem as if it could stand alone without a response. Perhaps I didn't quite get there, though.

-Draco's player

[stormyhearted]

I'm a little confused about Arista too. Draco avoided seeing her when he went to Moddey, he says as much to Hermione here, but when he writes Arista, he makes it sound like it was the other way around. It's a little odd. Unless he didn't want to admit to her that he avoided her, but wants to see her now?

[lucky_guess]

Count me in the "worried about Harry" club!