"No, I don’t think he’s dead. It’s more likely that his lack of consciousness means that there isn’t enough mental energy to make a stable connection," Harry speculated. "Not that Ron has much mental energy to spare as it is. Interesting. Wow ... I really fucked his mind up, didn’t I? Maybe we should leave him like that, keep feeding him the Elixir of Life for eternity, so he suffers until the end of time."