A rift in the very fabric of the universe.

[_hemhem]

...I'm sorry, are we allowing non-humans on the scrolls these days?

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[knittingmugwump]

Who is a non-human?

[_hemhem]

Your giant, Mr. Dumbledore.

[knittingmugwump]

I don't own a giant, Miss Umbridge.

[_hemhem]

Then who owns that lumbering bulk in your grounds, Mr. Dumbledore?

[knittingmugwump]

No one owns Mr. Hagrid, Dolores.

[_hemhem]

Oh, a wild one? You should have informed the Department of Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures at once, Mr. Dumbledore.

[knittingmugwump]

Who I employ is none of your business, Dolores. He is not a lumbering creature, as you so put it, nor is he fodder for your own personal amusement.

[_hemhem]

I can assure you that I am not amused, Mr. Dumbledore. I would have thought that the security and safety of your students was important to you, and yet you surround them with dangerous elements.

[knittingmugwump]

Did Hagrid kill your puppy, Dolores?

You seem to hold an unnatural grudge against my grounds keeper.

[_hemhem]

I am glad that you are enjoying this, Dumbledore. Rest assured that I will be writing a stern letter to the officals of the Department of Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures about your relaxed stance on this important matter.

I have nothing against your grounds keeper. I am simply against him being a dangerous grounds keeper.

[knittingmugwump]

As an educator, I'm very happy to hear you're continuing your support of literacy even after you have left school.

He is not a dangerous grounds keeper.

[_hemhem]

I will also be informing the school governors about this matter.

He is a giant, is he not? They are classified under dangerous level 'XXXXX', in the revised code of magical creatures. Possesion of one outside their habitat can earn you quite a stay in Azkaban, whereas the creature will be put down with expediency.

[knittingmugwump]

In hopes of what? Do you think they've been walking around the school with blindfolds on and earplugs in? They know of Mr. Hagrid. He's been here for twenty some-odd years, it's not a new development.

You paid attention in Care of Magical Creatures, impressive, but you missed a very important detail. He is half giant. A fact-finding person like yourself should have remembered this.