I already know how he's going to destroy them. It may take a bit for the dots to connect for Harry, though. And yes, he does still need help; he's still got that tendency to rely on only himself first and foremost, but he'll get a wake-up on that issue soon enough. =)

I'm having to resist the temptation to have everything happen all at once; Mary Macdonald's letter will, if all goes well, be a buffer between more momentous events weighing down Chapter 10.