"You noticed..." Dumbledore smiled faintly. "Hector Fawley's thinking at the time was to let Gellert grow unchecked."
"Hector Fawley was the same as the other supporters of 'Pure-blood supremacy.' He agreed with Gellert's ideas and felt wizards ought to stand above Muggles."
"They also believed that when the Muggles were waging war against one another, that was the best opportunity... What about you, Vizet? What's your view? Was that the best opportunity?"
"Ayo once told me an interesting little story..." Vizet changed tack. "On his way home, he saw a pride of lions fighting among themselves."
"That fight was extraordinarily dangerous. Many of the lions were injured, their flesh torn open, blood flowing onto the ground. The hyenas that caught the bloody smell quietly moved closer."
"Then something happened that surprised Ayo. When two lions caught the scent of the hyenas, they actually stopped attacking each other in tacit agreement... Instead, the hyenas that came afterward became the only casualties."
"A rather profound story." Dumbledore stroked his beard. "Such an ending can indeed be foreseen, but there will always be many people who trust to luck."
"But I wonder... if Mr. Oduwale had intervened at the time and turned some of the lions into hyenas, do you think the situation would have been different?"
"Of course!" Vizet's heart stirred, and he understood what Dumbledore truly wanted to say. "Magic can always accomplish many unbelievable things."
The formula that allowed Squibs to gain the ability to cast spells was precisely the magic that could "turn some of the lions into hyenas."
"Very good..." Dumbledore let out a long sigh. "Next, we must consider another matter."
"Vizet, since you can see that there were in fact contradictions in the policies issued by those Ministers of Magic..."
"Then you should also be quite