Trying to convey Draco's state of mind is difficult, because he was basically trying to set up crumbling walls against a threat he knew would overwhelm them eventually, and ignore that that was what he was doing. Kind of like someone building a house on the slopes of a volcano, understanding that it will erupt, but stubbornly believing it won't happen in her lifetime.
Harry actually didn't understand why his screw-up was so devastating to Draco until this chapter. He still thinks Draco has more pride than he does, and that he still has a lingering dislike of Harry from their schooldays, so he didn't get that he had that much power to hurt Draco.
It may or may not have been done to Pearl; Harry doesn't know that the corpses crawling out of that pool were actually ever living people.
There are other kinds of punishments...
It's very hard to estimate how many chapters are left. If the length of time spent on the last four Pensieves and the challenges after them is comparable to the length of time spent on the first four, the story will probably be around 30 or 32 chapters.
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Date: 2008-01-21 03:38 pm (UTC)Harry actually didn't understand why his screw-up was so devastating to Draco until this chapter. He still thinks Draco has more pride than he does, and that he still has a lingering dislike of Harry from their schooldays, so he didn't get that he had that much power to hurt Draco.
It may or may not have been done to Pearl; Harry doesn't know that the corpses crawling out of that pool were actually ever living people.
There are other kinds of punishments...
It's very hard to estimate how many chapters are left. If the length of time spent on the last four Pensieves and the challenges after them is comparable to the length of time spent on the first four, the story will probably be around 30 or 32 chapters.