If the increase in pressure on her fingers hadn't told her that Will liked
the idea of the Doom as much as she did, the sudden surge of protectiveness
that came over the connection between her and Will would have. She could
understand that. It sounded completely disgusting to outside ears.
"If I break one of the Laws again." She gave his hand a reassuring squeeze
and tried to explain. "There are seven laws of magic. One - you can't use
magic to kill humans. Specifically human non-magic users. There are some
exceptions but that's the big one. Two - a wizard can't use magic to
transform others into things. Three and four pretty much always go
together. You can't use magic to invade another mind and you can't bind
anyone to your will." Molly swallowed thickly, the memory of her trial
coming back fresh and fast as always. She carried on, muscling through the
emotion to get the information out. "Five - no necromancy. That's more to
do with binding the unwilling dead to do your bidding than actual
resurrection. It's pretty grey because necromancers aren't inherently
evil. Six - no time travel. Pretty straight forward. Too much risk of
changing...well everything really. And the seventh law is that no wizard
will ever open the Outer Gates and are bound to do anything in their power
to assist the Gatekeeper should he ask for their help." She gave a little
smile. "It's exactly as dramatic as it sounds."
The waiter brought their beers over in the pause she took for breath and
Molly took it gratefully, using the glass he pointedly set down in front of
her and sipped it. She waited for the snooty man to leave and then gave
Will her eyes for a long moment. "I broke the third and fourth laws when I
tried to help my friends. That would have been enough to have them execute
me twice over, but Harry pleaded my case and saved me. It cost a lot. The
Doom was for him as well as me. If i'd broken the Laws - any of them -
again, we'd have both been executed immediately." She looked away from his
eyes again, searching Wills face instead. "I'm still careful. I'm not
sure the Laws apply here - nothing can get in or out of this place unless
it wants to let it, apparently - but I won't take the risk, not with
Harry's life."
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Date: 2015-12-16 11:42 am (UTC)If the increase in pressure on her fingers hadn't told her that Will liked the idea of the Doom as much as she did, the sudden surge of protectiveness that came over the connection between her and Will would have. She could understand that. It sounded completely disgusting to outside ears.
"If I break one of the Laws again." She gave his hand a reassuring squeeze and tried to explain. "There are seven laws of magic. One - you can't use magic to kill humans. Specifically human non-magic users. There are some exceptions but that's the big one. Two - a wizard can't use magic to transform others into things. Three and four pretty much always go together. You can't use magic to invade another mind and you can't bind anyone to your will." Molly swallowed thickly, the memory of her trial coming back fresh and fast as always. She carried on, muscling through the emotion to get the information out. "Five - no necromancy. That's more to do with binding the unwilling dead to do your bidding than actual resurrection. It's pretty grey because necromancers aren't inherently evil. Six - no time travel. Pretty straight forward. Too much risk of changing...well everything really. And the seventh law is that no wizard will ever open the Outer Gates and are bound to do anything in their power to assist the Gatekeeper should he ask for their help." She gave a little smile. "It's exactly as dramatic as it sounds."
The waiter brought their beers over in the pause she took for breath and Molly took it gratefully, using the glass he pointedly set down in front of her and sipped it. She waited for the snooty man to leave and then gave Will her eyes for a long moment. "I broke the third and fourth laws when I tried to help my friends. That would have been enough to have them execute me twice over, but Harry pleaded my case and saved me. It cost a lot. The Doom was for him as well as me. If i'd broken the Laws - any of them - again, we'd have both been executed immediately." She looked away from his eyes again, searching Wills face instead. "I'm still careful. I'm not sure the Laws apply here - nothing can get in or out of this place unless it wants to let it, apparently - but I won't take the risk, not with Harry's life."