another really great chapter. i've been Thinking about the final horcrux and wondering if it's not voldermort's Wand. i can just see harry snapping voldermort's wand in two as the final destruction of all of the horcruxes. plus, it's in a way a trinket of his two greatest enemies and the two people he fears the most -- harry and dumbledore -- since the wand contains one of fawkes' feathers. plus rowlings set it up really early on that harry and voldemort have Sister Wands. and the power of them having sister wands has already proven crucial.

i feel so bad about dumbledore's hand. and once again i'm thinking that snape's not that bad if he helped dumbledore control the damage.