The only light he had in the room was what was coming from under the door and through a 'peephole' slot high up on the same door. But, it was enough for him to see in the dim light he had the cot he was sitting upon, complete with blankets and a pillow, a sink and a toilet. No window, no decorations, no idea or way to learn what time it was. Even the light outside the door would not give him some idea as it would very likely be permanently on.
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Once Dumbledore was out of the room, the remaining Spectral Threat team members, who were hugging the walls of the Interrogation room under Secrecy charms, all stepped forward and cancelled the charms. It was those charms that was actually stopping the old man from looking around other than at Croaker, not the magics of the chair.
"Well?" asked Croaker.
"Monocle's right," said Scimitar. "White Beard's a Dark Lord. He just doesn't believe it. He won't accept it."
"I'm aware," said Croaker. "Tell me what I don't know."
"We'll want to pump him for a lot more information than just about White Knight, Riddle and the prophecy. For example, while Whip was whacking away at the bastard's pain receptors, we learned the following: He believes Bookworm is his Heir - or, at least the Heir of the Minor House of Dumbledore. He believes her to be the many times great granddaughter of his maternal grandparents, Tiberius and Elizabeth Puckle; making her his maternal cousin, four times removed."
Croaker gave him a look and demanded, "Has he informed her of this?"
"No," replied Scimitar. "It appears he would rather she never learn of it. He'd rather see the Line of Dumbledore end with him and his brother."
"And, just how did he plan on stopping her from going to the goblins for an inheritance test?"
"Minor compulsion charms," he replied. "Knight's Shadow have already checked all of the White Knight's family and friends and did not find any such charm on her at the time. White Beard's been nowhere near her since then, so he can't have put one on since."
"And the compulsion charm I ordered put on said family and friends not to remind our little knight to come in to hear the prophecy?"
"Still holding," he replied. "As is the charm on the elf not to check for such."
"Hmm..." said Croaker. "Next?"
"His sister, Ariana, the one who died as a child soon after White Beard finished Hogwarts," he replied. "She was an obscurial."
That clearly surprised the Head of the Department. "Who stopped her before she killed everyone?"
"He and Gellert Grindelwald, working together," replied Scimitar. "And, yes, the evidence of he and Grindelwald being friends before White Beard headed for France to take on an apprenticeship with Flamel are not only true, but more than that.
"He and Grindelwald were, as suspected, lovers. So, yes, he's a homosexual. But, it's surprising to learn, so was Grindelwald."
Croaker's only expression of surprise was a little grunt of acknowledgement.
"And, about Grindelwald," said Scimitar.
"Go on."
"He's not dead, as we surmised," he replied. "He's locked up in the highest point of Nurmengard. That's why White Beard only ever says he 'defeated' him, whenever anyone pressured him on it. Because, he could not truly claim he 'killed' him."
"Hmmm..." said Croaker. "As Grindelwald is clearly locked within his own prison and hasn't managed to escape in all this time, I guess we can consider him secure, for now."
Scimitar nodded.
"Anything else?"
"A lot of bits and pieces I'll need to sift through," he replied. "Nothing yet germane, though. I'll write up a report on it all, this afternoon."
Croaker nodded and said, "I'll want it complete before I drag the old bastard back in here, tomorrow.
"In the meantime, you now have other possible locations and identities of Horcruxes to investigate. Set your team going on that while you write your report."
Scimitar gave a nod and he and his team quietly left.
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