User blog comment:TheNewProtagonist/Episode 12: And now it allllll makes sense./@comment-11188061-20131004014041/@comment-2006510-20131004023656

He may need to by all the rules of technicality Zolnir, but if he chooses not to, he wouldn't be the first one. In the Chamber of Secrets, Dumblebore said Harry and Ron had broken quite a lot of rules... and yet, he rewarded them for their bravery instead ;)

Besides, sometimes the fun of rules is finding ways to go around them. Emphasis on 'sometimes'