In this setting, there are things you avoid learning even if you’re higher status than the secret-keeper. Some secrets are dangerous even to the listener.
I suspect Mrs. Bones includes anything rising from a fragment of Voldemort’s torn soul, whether the trick that decapitated dozens or revived an ancient dark lord, in that set. Part of the reason she distrusts Harry is that she believe he’s an eleven-year-old struggling with a dark spirit—which gives him a comparative advantage of knowing what evils needs must be kept under wraps
In this setting, there are things you avoid learning even if you’re higher status than the secret-keeper. Some secrets are dangerous even to the listener.
I suspect Mrs. Bones includes anything rising from a fragment of Voldemort’s torn soul, whether the trick that decapitated dozens or revived an ancient dark lord, in that set. Part of the reason she distrusts Harry is that she believe he’s an eleven-year-old struggling with a dark spirit—which gives him a comparative advantage of knowing what evils needs must be kept under wraps