"Has it ever occurred to you that if you hadn't fled, it would inevitably have ruined his plans?" Granger asks suddenly, unknowingly answering my private question as to whether Potter already told her what the Dark Lord had in mind for us. "After all, you weren't his most faithful servant, so the ritual wouldn't have worked with you, would it? That would have saved us a lot of hard work. Now he will simply pick the next best."