The thing is, Gin, we'd have to keep him as a prisoner somewhere, and he'd try to get free. I mean, any of us would, if we were kept somewhere against our wills. And it would take a lot of people to keep him, and it would be at least until we fight out whatever kind of war we're going to end up in.
It could be a really long time. And whoever had to guard him couldn't help with the rest of it. And chances are, sooner or later, he'd find a way to escape. I mean, Percy's clever. More than that, really. He's dead intelligent. Even if he does act like a
So, you heard them go through it all. We can risk putting him in one of the places protected by Fidelius, because if he gets out, he'd have the secret so he could bring MLE straight back in to crush the place. Do you really think he wouldn't?
And even if you do think that, would you risk all those other people's lives on the chance you're right?
I mean, maybe if we had a Sleeper potion that could petrificus him indefinitely... but we don't. And if we created one, we'd have the same sort of gamble... what if it didn't hold forever? Would we risk a lot of people's lives for a chance that we could keep Percy prisoner for as long as we'd need to?
I guess the thing is... I wouldn't do anything to try to hurt Percy. And if I were with him (somewhere, wherever) and someone came and tried to hurt Percy, I'd do anything I could to try to stop it. We all would, yeah? But we can't figure out how to keep him safe from everything that might ever happen but isn't happening yet. Especially not when he doesn't want any help from any of us anyway. And would try to get us all arrested if he knew what we're all a part of.
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Date: 2014-07-08 04:34 am (UTC)It could be a really long time. And whoever had to guard him couldn't help with the rest of it. And chances are, sooner or later, he'd find a way to escape. I mean, Percy's clever. More than that, really. He's dead intelligent.
Even if he does act like aSo, you heard them go through it all. We can risk putting him in one of the places protected by Fidelius, because if he gets out, he'd have the secret so he could bring MLE straight back in to crush the place. Do you really think he wouldn't?
And even if you do think that, would you risk all those other people's lives on the chance you're right?
I mean, maybe if we had a Sleeper potion that could petrificus him indefinitely... but we don't. And if we created one, we'd have the same sort of gamble... what if it didn't hold forever? Would we risk a lot of people's lives for a chance that we could keep Percy prisoner for as long as we'd need to?
I guess the thing is... I wouldn't do anything to try to hurt Percy. And if I were with him (somewhere, wherever) and someone came and tried to hurt Percy, I'd do anything I could to try to stop it. We all would, yeah? But we can't figure out how to keep him safe from everything that might ever happen but isn't happening yet. Especially not when he doesn't want any help from any of us anyway. And would try to get us all arrested if he knew what we're all a part of.
I wish I had a better answer.
I know it's not the one you want.