[And indeed... it doesn't do the good Lupin was hoping for. Dumbledore acts the concerned headmaster, certainly. Appropriately saddened and concerned about Edward.
But he makes it clear there's very little he can do, without a proper report--
(And Lupin interjects, angrily, that he's reporting this. He is. Right now. At this very moment.)
--and that it needs to come from Edward. So they'll have to talk to him, first, and get him to admit to anything first.
And isn't that just... discouraging. Expected, for the staff who have been here longer. But oh so discouraging.]
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But he makes it clear there's very little he can do, without a proper report--
(And Lupin interjects, angrily, that he's reporting this. He is. Right now. At this very moment.)
--and that it needs to come from Edward. So they'll have to talk to him, first, and get him to admit to anything first.
And isn't that just... discouraging. Expected, for the staff who have been here longer. But oh so discouraging.]