He doesn’t have a Time-Turner. The thought that he could turn into a snake Animagus in Harry’s pouch is not in their hypothesis space.
They don’t need to assume he actually went to Azkaban, just that he was involved somehow.
One of them mentioned “the obvious choice as to who was pulling Harry’s strings.” I’m not sure whether that’s intended to be Quirrel or not.
I took it as a Quirrel reference. Who else (besides Voldemort) does any of Severus, Dumbledore, or McGonagall think has manipulated Harry in the past?
Malfoy.
He doesn’t have a Time-Turner. The thought that he could turn into a snake Animagus in Harry’s pouch is not in their hypothesis space.
They don’t need to assume he actually went to Azkaban, just that he was involved somehow.
One of them mentioned “the obvious choice as to who was pulling Harry’s strings.” I’m not sure whether that’s intended to be Quirrel or not.
I took it as a Quirrel reference. Who else (besides Voldemort) does any of Severus, Dumbledore, or McGonagall think has manipulated Harry in the past?
Malfoy.