A question or two RE Greater Love and Severus' sacrifice

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I've been doing a bit of a re-read-though of some meta here lately, and I find myself going back repeatedly to terri's excellent (but heartbreaking) piece "Greater Love." I've pretty much worked her theory there about doubled sacrifice and Dumbles' insistence on both Severus killing him and Severus being the one to break the news of the Harrycrux into my personal headcanon.

But I'm still left with one big nagging question - I posted it on the original piece the other day but thought I'd repost it here to open up some discussion. (Blame a nagging plotbunny for my entirely selfish motivation here.)

Why not tell Severus the reason for giving him both of these otherwise insanely-conflicting and emotionally devastating orders?

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Harry Potter Abridged! DH Chapter 21

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Lovegood: So, as I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted, the Deathly Hallows are an old legend that not everyone believes is true—but I’m one of those people who does believe it.

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GOF - What do we think Severus was doing the night of the third task?

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This question's more just a bit of curiosity regarding what everyone thinks on an unclear aspect of canon than anything else (plotbunnies, I tell you - they're dangerous).

So, what do we think Severus might have been up in the time leading up to the night of the third task and on that night itself? I'm particularly curious about what he was doing while Harry was in the maze, while Karkaroff was fleeing, and the half-hour/hour between Voldemort summoning the DEs to his rebirthday party and Harry's reappearance with Cedric's body.

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