"Kindness has little to do with it," Dumbledore replies, pleasantly.
A little. It is not, after all, a quality of which he is devoid. But moreover, Dumbledore is a headmaster who makes it his business to know who his students are, what they are capable of, and how those capabilities might best benefit (or harm) the Wizarding World.
Perhaps if he'd been more vocal about his insticts years earlier, Tom Riddle would not have made his way so far down his destructive path. But then, Dumbledore hadn't had the power at Hogwarts than that he does now.
"It is a regard that you have earned, and continue to earn. Scone?"
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A little. It is not, after all, a quality of which he is devoid. But moreover, Dumbledore is a headmaster who makes it his business to know who his students are, what they are capable of, and how those capabilities might best benefit (or harm) the Wizarding World.
Perhaps if he'd been more vocal about his insticts years earlier, Tom Riddle would not have made his way so far down his destructive path. But then, Dumbledore hadn't had the power at Hogwarts than that he does now.
"It is a regard that you have earned, and continue to earn. Scone?"