Yes, alive,โ said Fudge. โThat is โ I donโt know โ is a man alive if he canโt be killed? I donโt really understand it, and Dumbledore wonโt explain properly โ but anyway, heโs certainly got a body and is walking and talking and killing, so I suppose, for the purposes of our discussion, yes, heโs alive.
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