Prototype Machine

"Why not save it? I thought something like this would be easy for you."

Joanne asked in confusion. Deep down, she hoped Jon would help, but Jon remained unmoved.

"There are reasons to save someone, and reasons not to. If I save it, that means I'm softhearted, or that this owl still has some use. But I can't think of anything more valuable than its death. We need Harry to keep changing, so we have to give him some kind of stimulus. There's no way around it."

Besides, this had happened because of Harry's own mistake. Dumbledore would clean up Harry's mess, but Jon would not.

People had to learn to take responsibility for their own affairs and grow through them. If someone else was always there to shield you from everything, then why would you need to do anything at all?

Snape had said something very true.

Dumbledore was raising Harry like a pig waiting to be slaughtered, yet while raising him, he also wanted Harry to receive better protection. Of course, that was because he felt guilty toward Harry, but the very idea was unrealistic.

Since he had chosen to open the real world up for Harry to see, he should not make pointless choices.

Jon was far more direct than Dumbledore, because there was not much time left. He needed Harry to understand what the real, cruel world looked like once he left Dumbledore's protection.

Besides, he no longer needed an owl.

The wizarding world was about to undergo an important transformation, and Jon would be the one to drive it forward.

Call it coincidence or something else, but Jon had even greater confidence in his plan. After all, he already had a ready-made plan for how to use it in his head.

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