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ChristianKl comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 26, chapter 97 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 15 August 2013 10:36:05PM 1 point [-]

Telling the troll to eat her feet first so that the emergency portkey does not work?

I wouldn't plan that way. If I would order the troll I would tell it to knock the person unconscious to prevent the person from triggering port-keys.

Comment author: Alsadius 17 August 2013 09:39:26PM 9 points [-]

Or eat her head-first. That would prevent the activation of portkeys too.

Comment author: ChristianKl 17 August 2013 11:19:29PM 3 points [-]

Grabing someone and moving them in a way that the head is near the mouth of the troll takes a tiny amount of time. It's faster for the troll to simple hit her head directly to knock her unconscious.

If I think a bit more about it Hermonine should have been able to portkey away if the key isn't manipulated in any case. The troll makes noise so she would be aware that something is happening and turn in the direction of the troll. Seeing it should trigger a direct portkey activation.

Anybody who can deactivite the invisible cloak probably has no issue to deactivate the portkey as well.