Order Only: Private message to Alice, Remus, Poppy and Hydra

[alt_rachel]

Haruman Patil turned up this morning to help in the hospital wing. We sat down for a chat a little while ago, and I told him our proposal: Miss Patil will turn herself in and debrief with us complete, giving us a full account of her own actions and any intelligence we might find useful. We will not use cruciatus on her, nor any other form of torture, now or in the future. She will serve five years in prison; before her release she will take an Unbreakable Vow to refrain from all use of the Cardinals Unforgiveables, as well as any spell that will cause death if cast properly. She will then serve an additional five years where she is supervised by someone who regularly inspects her wand for Dark spells; during those five years, she will seek out opportunities for service to muggles. At the end of this, she will be deemed rehabilitated and allowed to fully move on with her life (though I don't think we should ever lift the Vow).

Haruman's counterproposal was this. The debriefing, the Vow, the supervision, those are all fine with him. But he wants her imprisoned just until the end of the war, and he wants her somewhere other than Saltash and to be allowed to use her journal, at least as her jailers have time to supervise her. In exchange for these considerations, he's offering us Sean Finnigan. Not Seamus. Sean.

Thoughts?

Comments

[alt_rachel]

What was Seamus Finnigan thinking through all this?

Desai? Glozeman?

[alt_hydra]

Desai and Glozeman were ready to follow orders. Desai had some regrets about losing promising students, but mostly she was trying to figure out what order to kill people in. Glozeman was hoping for the chance to get creative with his kills.

Seamus was thinking about how if Ron was ordered to cruciate Sally Anne or Pansy, he probably wouldn't do it, and might even attack Desai instead. And he (Seamus) was trying to decide if it would be better to petrify Ron or kill him, if that happened.

And then of course later "Ron" (Ginny) had to cruciate Pansy after all, and Seamus was surprised when he was able to do it. And then Seamus wondered if he would be the one ordered to kill Sally Anne or Pansy, when it came time for it, to spare Ron the act.

Thoughts of his mother kept intruding, too. He was trying not to think about her but I think he was hoping that Ron would have to go what he went through. That Ron would be forced to kill someone he loves.

[alt_rachel]

Goodness, he sounds lovely. Almost as pleasant as Glozeman.

[alt_hydra]

A part of me feels sorry for him. Because it's like he's convinced himself there's no other choice, but at the same time I don't get the impression that he's necessarily enjoying himself, not like Glozeman.

But then just last week I was wondering if I ought to kill him. Because of what he did to Neville. I thought - should you kill someone like that? To keep them from doing something horrible again?

If he's responsible for anyone else's death I'll feel like I should have.

[alt_rachel]

That way lies madness. You can't hold yourself responsible for not killing someone freelance just because they later kill someone else. Even for someone like Finnigan, they could just as easily take action that saves someone you care about.

I'm not saying not to kill him if you get the chance. I've got a list of the surviving Death Eaters and they need to be killed or captured or running before this is over.

[alt_hydra]

I suppose it's hard to imagine him taking action to save someone.

But, he did stop Ron from doing something mad and rash when Daphne was murdered.

So you're right.

[alt_rachel]

Oh really? I don't think I heard about this.