"Interesting. BUT. What if they needed only a few more days to live, just to set their affairs straight?"

'Of course not. Personally, I don't see the point of living if you've only got a half-life...thats just my opinion though'

No it is a most unholy act to kill such a noble animal.

No, I don't think so... maybe they could use another part of the body without harming it, like the thorn and hairs which have powerful properties as well.
And well, it's such a beautiful thing... I wouldn't dare touch it, my case

I agree with She-Who-Is-Not-To-Be-Psycho! I wouldn't be able to kill a creature as beautiful and pure as a unicorn but if another part of the body could be used without harming the unicorn...I still wouldn't do it, but I guess some people are desprate enough to.

" I don't mean killing the Unicorn, I mean if a Unicorn is already dead" he said. He was curious, but he had very bright students. He didn't tell them that.. yet

Personally I wouldn't bother to kill a unicorn under any circumstance. My life isn't worth taking anothers, expecially the life of a defenseless creature.

If the unicorn was already dead, I still wouldn't. One should respect the living and the dead.

Even if the unicorn was already dead, I would still feel guilty.

"Backslash, just to let you know, Unicorns are NOT defenseless. They have a horn on their head, remember? Anyway, I will allow you to discuss this topic amongst yourselves for a while. And I would like to see the class come up with a verdict upon my request"

Well... apart from how disgusting that is.... I don't know, I supposed it would depend of the person; if he/she would risk being cursed after death even by only some more minutes alive... who knows! Given the case, when you are about to die and lost a lot of things you may think it's better to live such a life... or such a *death* more like...

If you had only a half-life, after you drank the blood, would you even have the right thinking to be able to use your last days, minutes to set your affairs in order?

Well, how do the wizard kind make their wands if they can't get hold of the unicorn's parts someway without killing them? I doubt they, the wand-makers, want to be cursed by doing so, there MUST be a way of getting it off without killing them...

*Frowns pondering* But don't we use the thorn powder in potions and stuff. And I'm pretty sure there's thorn powder in the wands too, though I might be wrong.

*Nadia smiles at Skiving* Well, thanks^^ Though you are wining me over fr quite an amount =P

I still think it changes from person to person, matter to their history... If I were to loose something so imporant in my life if dying - like the love of my life, to be corny only- I think there's possibilitties to risk everything over that, even your afterlife.

Like I said before though, with a half-life, would you be able to think the same way, feel the same emotions? I don't know, but probaly not, so wouldn't it be usless anyway?

"Okay, I've heard you, and I know that you are still against it. Unicorn Tail Hairs are removed by simply plucking the hair from the unicorn. I'm sure some of you must have a unicorn hair in your wands. As for horns, the companies do not release it. I know for a fact it does not hurt nor kill the unicorn, though"

I don't understand the bit with the horn, is the whole horn remove, or just a little of it?

*Nods at professor,* "I figured"

*Turns to HPgurl* "Well, yes... but let's see it from another perspective; say, that a very responsible man, a hero even, need that time to help someone before he goes, maybe he is *sacrifying* his/her alfterlife happiness by doing that, and the Unicorn would be already dead, so it's not *his fault*. I would NOT say he is *innocent*, but I think there's reason why one would like to risk their afterlife... if there's an afterlife to start with, that is...

Oh, about the half-life; I don't understand totally the concept; what is to life a *half-life* exactly?"

I would hope so, because if not, should a unicorn get caught, its pretty much defensless

"Yes, they do grow back, Skiving

Nadia, I'm afraid the only ones who know exactly what a half life is are only those who have one. They are mostly all dark wizards, one of them namely Voldemort." he said

I get what your saying, but if you are living a half-life, a cursed life.....would you be able to think clearly to help that person?

"It is a cursed life. It's said to be horrible, but we cannot trust those who have experianced one"

"Hi Mr.Shrine," Dawn says with a smile.

Point... I mean how do you know that once a person has a half-life they will be able to totally think clearly?

Well, as the professor said nobody knows what's a half-life but those who have it. But I kinda agree with you in what a half-life must be -- I've a theory of my own : I think a half-life eliminate all *feelings* within yourself.

Strangely that's what both heroes and villans want (and most humans); not to have feelings, so that way they are pefect and doesn't have the feelings being an obtacle to their doing. And paradoxically that's being *alive* after all; you still have blood inside you if you can feel it boil and make you feel hot inside. If not you are a robot, and life isn't worthliving.

That is just what I was asking, lol