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What is it? What do you see?

I’m shaking hands with Dumbledore. I’ve won the house cup.

He lies.

Tell the truth! What do you see?

• Let me speak to him. - Master, you are not strong enough.

I have strength enough for this.

Harry Potter…

…we meet again.

Voldemort.

Yes. You see what I’ve become?

See what I must do to survive?

Live off another. A mere parasite.

Unicorn blood can sustain me…

…but it cannot give me a body of my own.

But there is something that can.

Something that, conveniently enough, lies in your pocket.

Stop him!

Don’t be a fool.

Why suffer an horrific death…

…when you can join me and live?

Never!

Bravery. Your parents had it too.

Tell me, Harry…

…would you like to see your mother and father again?

Together…

…we can bring them back.

All I ask is for something in return.

That’s it, Harry.

There is no good and evil.

There is only power…

…and those too weak to seek it.

Together, we’ll do extraordinary things.

Just give me the Stone!

You liar!

Kill him!

• What is this magic? - Fool, get the Stone!

Good afternoon, Harry.

• Tokens from your admirers? - Admirers?

What happened in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a secret.

So, naturally, the whole school knows.

I see that your friend Ronald has saved you the trouble…

…of opening your Chocolate Frogs.

Ron was here? Is he all right? What about Hermione?

Fine. They’re both just fine.

• What happened to the Stone? - Relax, dear boy.

The Stone has been destroyed.

My friend Nicholas and I have had a little chat…

…and agreed it was best all around.

But then, Flamel, he’ll die, won’t he?

He has enough Elixir to set his affairs in order.

But yes, he will die.

How is it I got the Stone, sir?

One minute I was staring in the mirror and…

You see, only a person…

…who wanted to find the Stone, find it…

…but not use it, would be able to get it.

That is one of my more brilliant ideas.

And between you and me, that is saying something.

Does that mean, with the Stone gone, that Voldemort can never come back?

I’m afraid…

…there are ways in which he can return.

Harry, do you know why…

…Professor Quirrell couldn’t bear to have you touch him?

It was because of your mother. She sacrificed herself for you.

And that kind of act leaves a mark.

No, this kind of mark cannot be seen.

• It lives in your very skin. - What is it?

Love, Harry. Love.

Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans.

I was most unfortunate in my youth to come across a vomit-flavored one.

And since then, I’ve lost my liking for them.

But I think I could be safe with a nice toffee.

Alas!

Earwax.