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Linck:
So now that harry now has 2 kids to raise and protect, he is going to need capital. He might prefer to live a more spartan kind of lifestyle, but he needs a new place with a real threshold, and a decent nest-egg, could really be useful to him...

In that regard I've long been wondering why he does use Bob.
Bob is basically the equivalent of a super computer with an AI, we know from when he is living with Butters that he can operate a computer and surf the internet.

So why not have him use the stock market ??
feed him book on how it works, let him observe the market for a while, and then use him to daytrade or even long term invest if he wants to limit the access bob has to a computer. 

I know Harry can't have a pc at his house, but that's not keeping him from letting Bob operate one at ie. at Butters place.

Ananda:
Given you mention his kid, you must be up to date on the books. Still, this is spoiler free zone, so I’ll tag my reply. Don’t look at it if you’re not current on the story.

(click to show/hide)Dresden hasn’t had Bob since Changes. Also, he has a bag of diamonds to help him arrange finance. And, I’d think winter must have some employee housing to go along with the company car, not to mention pay.

Linck:
sure I'm almost up to date on the books, I've just begun on Brief cases.
I'll assume u are up to date on changes as well :)

(click to show/hide) As butters committed a huge no, no by bringing bob out in to the field, and Harry now will need a spiritual spirit to help raise his youngest daughter. I would greatly assume he would reclaim Bob, especially as Butters is only holding it temporary.
Butters also have a new teacher (Michael & Charity) + god on his side. So he doesn't necessarily need him anymore.

The diamonds are a finite resource that he will not be able to life off forever on top of that they will take a long time to fence.
If he buys a house and needs to rebuild his tools and laboratory, it will not be cheap.
a few millions doesn't go very far, especially if he needs to hire Kincade or mercenaries again.

So far there hasn't been any talk of support from winter besides from the car, not even a single mention of pay for his services.
I think he would be a fool to set up shop in something that is not his. I would not be surprised if the winter faeries would be able to bypass any securities on the house if they owned it.

Griffyn612:
(click to show/hide)I think someone once calculated how much he would get for half a shoe box of standard diamonds, and it came out in the tens of millions.  Given that they were discussing investment opportunities with the Carpenters, and the White Council probably has their own investment group to help wizards over the centuries, earning interest should be considerable.

As for Bob, I think he'll borrow him some, but I think the separation is permanent.  But maybe I'm wrong.

I wouldn't count on much from Winter.  I think JB said as much.

WereElephant:
Griffyn,
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--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on June 14, 2018, 02:46:18 AM ---As for Bob, I think he'll borrow him some, but I think the separation is permanent.  But maybe I'm wrong.

--- End quote ---

I really hope that separation isn't permanent. Bob is one of the best characters in the series. Diminishing his screen time and presence will make me sad.

Also, it make sense Winter would be stingy. Mab likes giving Dresden what she considers the bare minimum in usable resources relative to the task at hand, and half the time, her "gifts" are barely recognizable as such, like making him forget that fire was a thing in Small Favor.

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