Private Message to B Lestrange and A Dolohov

Sat down with Quartermayne, a pensieve, and my notes re. Croaker's apparatus this morning.

Called the design 'ingenius' (might as well call a doxy pestiferous as an unspeakable brilliant)
Said it might have worked. Theoretically possible.
Wondered aloud how many test subjects already processed.
And whether the product has been used.
By whom.
To what end.

C Selwyn knew she was only being used to recalibrate the process before it was used on the sprogs. Process age-limited. She'd also gathered from Strangeweale or Croaker that previous subjects were muggleborn or halfblood. Heard discussion of thorough cleansing they'd given it. This 'run' was meant for 'other purposes'. One can imagine. (Failure on my part: should have taken memories from CS. If we find the sprogs, older one could be useful.)

Not that the notion is a bad one entirely. Only Str taking credit. Rather think Our Lord would have viewed this project favourably. There's precedent. Batya, you weren't here when He last required pureblood sprogs for His own researches. One of His Eton projects. Suspect it might have been along these lines: life essence, distilled power. (Clever of Str to play so directly to His interests.)

Q able to make reasonable guesses re. underlying sorcery required for such a thing. Believes it should take them some time to redevelop from scratch unless, Tosha, you're mistaken about the extent of the damage. (If you gave it more than a cursory glance when you returned for CS, Q asks to see the memory.)