How does that make sense with the prophesy? "Neither can live while the other survives"
What happens when a horcrux is destroyed? Is that bit of soul lost forever, diminishing Lord V? Or is it returned to V, meaning that by the end Harry could be facing a very human Tom once more?
Page 503: "That seventh piece of soul will be the last that anybody wishing to kill Voldemort must attack--the piece that lives in his body."
Page 507: "'Does V. know when a Horcrux is destroyed, sir? Can he feel it?' Harry asked . . . ." "A very interesting question, Harry. I believe not. I believe that V. is now so immersed in evil, and these crucial parts of himself have been detached for so long, he does not feel as we do."
Page 507-08: "Without his Horcruxes, V. will be a mortal man with a maimed and diminished soul."
I'd think V would notice if he kept getting bits of soul back. I think, at best, you might be able to return it to yourself if you destroy it the right way or recapturing the freed bit of soul or whatever, but I don't think it'll return over a distance of however much automatically.
It doesn't mean he gets his soul back at all - if the Horcrux is destroyed, it could well be that the soul part is destroyed. Which means that V. won't notice since he's lived without it so long.
I think of it as being essential caches of something that he needs to go on living - but in many ways, V. is essentially soulless in terms of our understanding of what a soul is, but the soul is something that can keep him going.
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"Neither can live while the other survives"
What happens when a horcrux is destroyed? Is that bit of soul lost forever, diminishing Lord V? Or is it returned to V, meaning that by the end Harry could be facing a very human Tom once more?
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Page 507: "'Does V. know when a Horcrux is destroyed, sir? Can he feel it?' Harry asked . . . ."
"A very interesting question, Harry. I believe not. I believe that V. is now so immersed in evil, and these crucial parts of himself have been detached for so long, he does not feel as we do."
Page 507-08: "Without his Horcruxes, V. will be a mortal man with a maimed and diminished soul."
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I think of it as being essential caches of something that he needs to go on living - but in many ways, V. is essentially soulless in terms of our understanding of what a soul is, but the soul is something that can keep him going.
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