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Navis:
For every answer this short story answered it raised two more, and it answered a lot of questions. ;) I did find one thing interesting though it's from this passage:

(click to show/hide)Malcolm died while I was on mission elsewhere. I arrived less than ten hours after the child went into the foster care system, and someone made him vanish. Magically, physically, bureaucratically. There was no trace of him, and I searched for years.

That bastard Justin DuMorne got to him before I could.
What I infer from this is that forces were in place not only to remove Harry from his dad but also did it years before he was adopted by Justin.

Does this mean that Nemesis killed or influenced the death of Harry's dad?

Did Justin adopt Harry as a coincidence or was he guided by Nemesis years after Harry's dad dying to him?

As a side note, how many people did Margaret ask to look after Harry?

123Chikadee:
My theory now is that Justin had known, either b/c Margaret told him or he found out through some other means, so that he had a plan to snag a starborn from Margaret and had to spend a great deal of time on this plan. He'd have enough in play to be able to not only murder Malcolm in such a way that it wouldn't be traceable as magic. Since Justin does have some shady ties, I'd say that's how Nemesis would know about Harry and Malcolm.
LOL, well this counts as two now, any more and this'll get a bit silly.

morriswalters:
His journal entry is aimed at Luccio, implying that she doesn't know.  He calls it his final confession. He's feeding her information that he thinks she needs.
--- Quote ---There’s little time, and far too much to say. I am losing blood and my thoughts wander when I must be concise.
--- End quote ---
This is an interesting passage.
--- Quote ---I suppose it’s possible that Malcolm’s death was natural, but given this child’s ongoing misfortune it seems clear to me that he has been marked with an Adversary from the moment of his birth.
--- End quote ---
Did Morgan think that Harry was nemfected from birth?  Something like this comes up in Turn Coat when Rashid goes to stop Harry at the island.  He examines Harry with the crystal eye that he uses at the gate. So the we could refer to Rashid, and Rashid ponders the wisdom of killing Harry  outright.
--- Quote ---I arrived less than ten hours after the child went into the foster care system, and someone made him vanish. Magically, physically, bureaucratically.
--- End quote ---
Harry's disappearance carries a whiff of what happened to Molly later.  Somebody reached in to the system and manipulated a child to use as a tool.
--- Quote ---From then on, we could not be sure that the child was not molded to be a creature of Nemesis.
--- End quote ---
This sounds like what was feared was a powerful wizard raised as a killer, possibly one with a nemfection. Consider what the coins do for mortals.  This from Lea in Ghost Story.
--- Quote ---Quite.  Because convincing a young mortal to believe that it is right and proper to use magic for violence is a delicate process and one that cannot be rushed.
--- End quote ---
The we may refer to Eb. Eb had seen Malcolm alive, implying that he knew about Harry. It may also refer to Rashid.

Bad Alias:
Morgan wrote the entry before he fled to Chicago.


--- Quote ---I will seek his assistance. Given who he is, he will have little choice but to give it.
--- End quote ---

I had a slightly different reaction than Navis to finding out that Harry was hidden 4 years before Justin ever adopted him. Malcom died when Harry was 6. Harry was 10 when Justin adopted him. Harry kills Justin at 16 and is almost immediately found. Morgan says "Justin DuMorne got to him before I could." I'm fairly certain that Morgan thinks DuMorne was the one who hid Harry. Morgan could have been mistaken. Assuming he was correct, DuMorne hid Harry for 10 years and left him in the foster system for four years. Probably so that Harry would be appropriately grateful for being rescued.

Mira:

--- Quote from: Bad Alias on February 04, 2020, 08:27:28 PM ---I don't think I've ever had so many questions over of such a short story. (click to show/hide)What if Elaine is a Destroyer? Can you imagine if Morgan had arrived in time? While Eb is the most likely person to have raised, what if Morgan had raised Dresden because of his promise of protecting him and Eb's desire t keep his distance in order to protect Harry?Also Avernite's questions. Such a revelation and so many questions.

@Mira: https://www.jim-butcher.com/posts/2020/morgan-microfiction-rpg-art-and-more

--- End quote ---

Thank you !  Wow..
(click to show/hide)Morgan pledged to Margaret to protect baby Harry and Malcolm?   He also knows his connection to Eb?  Or does he? 
--- Quote ---I had a slightly different reaction than Navis to finding out that Harry was hidden 4 years before Justin ever adopted him. Malcom died when Harry was 6. Harry was 10 when Justin adopted him. Harry kills Justin at 16 and is almost immediately found. Morgan says "Justin DuMorne got to him before I could." I'm fairly certain that Morgan thinks DuMorne was the one who hid Harry. Morgan could have been mistaken. Assuming he was correct, DuMorne hid Harry for 10 years and left him in the foster system for four years. Probably so that Harry would be appropriately grateful for being rescued.
--- End quote ---

I am not sure that Morgan is completely sane.  He indeed questions his own sanity because of his obsession with Harry, at the same time his failure to locate him when he was a child.  Here is something that could explain it all, Peabody's ink... After all we aren't
sure how many years he used it. 

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