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[One may find Tom with a book in his hands, and his rear in an armchair. He is tense with a quiet frustration, but he does not allow it to show clearly, as his attention in on the book - one that happens to be on advanced memory charms - in front of him. When he speaks, he is not speaking to the people of the Room, but to the Room itself; his eyes

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[Tom has little need for your advice, Nathaniel. He can figure things out on his own, thank you very much. He's not in the best of moods. Struggling to gain even a semblance of control over a situation entirely out of his hands does that. Dark eyes glance over to the irritatingly nice boy he holds no substantial grudge against, before returning to the page in front of him before he begins to speak.]

Parseltongue, the language of serpents. It is a rare magical ability - most commonly known from birth - and is passed down through the bloodline.

Pfff, you know you want to. All the cool kids are doing it.

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[Luckily for Tom, he has something else to focus on - a something that's a good part of the reason he's gracing the main area of the Room with his presence in the first place. Tom isn't exactly the type to take advice, either, at least not when he's specifically asking for it himself.]

Not through speech, as far as I'm aware. There are other, simpler ways to control animals.

As at this point he still has his own? I think your nose is safe.

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[Another thing they have in common. Next thing you know Nat'll be recruiting his own Death Eaters.]

Yes, it is.

You'd be surprised at how simple it is. [Tom managed it long before Hogwarts. Take that, Billy Stubbs.]

... Mine are dead too?

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[Right, right. Although for the record, Tom's fine being the one with a stronger sense of the theatrical.]

I happen to agree.

Perhaps a weak wizard would have trouble. [Tom's a morbid kid.]

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[Tom doesn't need Nat to give him the victory he always had, thanks ever so. Grumpy bb Dark Lord is grumpy and better than you.]

Indeed.

[Nat, welcome to Mind Control 101 with Professor Riddle.] Animals lack a certain level of consciousness humans do, and therefore are easier to control. Humans, while they may remain simple, aren't always that easy. It depends on the person and how much they think their day-to-day actions through. If a person is merely repeating something they've been doing for weeks, months, years without giving his or her actions another thought, that's when he or she is the most susceptible to any sort of mind control. Those are the people who find themselves under the Imperius for years. Of course, those who are more aware of what they're doing can still be controlled, they merely have more natural resistance. If such a person faces the Imperius curse, he or she is more likely to grow an immunity while under it. [Turn to page 394.]

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[Voldemort's ego is certainly something to be admired until it gets him into trouble, of course.]

I wouldn't put it in such muggle terms, but yes, precisely. And have you any idea as to why it doesn't?

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Of course. I'll make sure to keep that in mind.

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Indeed. Once a spell is cast, the initial energy given is all that is needed in order to maintain it.