Will couldn't be blamed for reading too much into it. After all, a crucial step on Dumbledore's path to death had been putting on the Resurrection Stone Ring and falling prey to the trap Voldemort had left inside it.
Now Dumbledore had suddenly raised the subject. Of course Will found it suspicious. He knew all too well how badly the Resurrection Stone Ring had hurt Dumbledore.
Voldemort's mastery of Dark Magic and curses was probably the greatest in Europe. The ring had tormented Dumbledore for a long time, and he had needed Slughorn and Snape to brew potions to heal him.
Still, after thinking it over, Will chose to answer Dumbledore's question first. "If obtaining the Deathly Hallows really lets someone command Death, I wouldn't mind becoming Death's master and using a long life to explore the mysteries of magic."
"Can I say that's just like you, Will?" Dumbledore nodded knowingly, as though he had expected the answer.
"So what is it you want to tell me?"
"Gellert brought this up recently," Dumbledore said. "He thinks that if I can find the Resurrection Stone, I'll have all three Deathly Hallows and fulfill part of the dream we once shared."
Will knew Grindelwald was right. Dumbledore had a good chance of possessing all three Deathly Hallows:
The Elder Wand was already in Dumbledore's hand, and Harry had the Invisibility Cloak. Between them, Dumbledore already had access to two Hallows.
As for the Resurrection Stone Ring, it should still be in the Gaunt Shack, though Voldemort might already have taken it.
Will remembered that, in the original timeline, Dumbledore had found the ring in 1996—this very summer. After reviewing Morfin Gaunt's memories, he had noticed something strange about the Gaunt family home and gone to investigate.
Voldemort, on the other hand, had