Feeling the clamor in the conference hall, watching the directors exchange glances, and finally turning his gaze to Dumbledore, where he saw that slightly sly, relaxed smile...
After taking it all in, Jacob Kowalski's admiration for Dumbledore deepened several degrees compared with lunchtime.
All he could say was that getting along with Dumbledore meant adapting to Dumbledore's way of doing things.
Dumbledore seemed accustomed to keeping things hidden. He never explained matters completely, preferring to reveal new information only when the time was more appropriate.
Take Wizet's conflict with the goblins, for instance. When Jacob had spoken with Dumbledore at the dining table, Dumbledore had not mentioned it at all.
And naturally, that was far from the only thing Dumbledore had kept hidden.
Jacob Kowalski served as the Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation at MACUSA.
Working in that position had taught him one thing: the implementation of any major decision was never simply a matter of "right or wrong," but also one of "timing and strategy."
Now, he understood why Dumbledore had brought up the "raspberry oatmeal fruit yogurt cup."
Besides being a vivid metaphor, it also meant that the magic invented by Wizet which Dumbledore had revealed at the end of the morning meeting had merely been a "preview appetizer."
Having learned of the "preview," the directors would naturally feel "hungry"—in other words, they would wake from their old ways of thinking.
They would understand the situation they currently faced and consider how they should respond to such chaotic circumstances over the long period ahead.
The directors obtaining the magic invented by Wizet meant that a solution had already been found for the most urgent problem they currently faced.
Not only would that ease some of their "hunger," it would also give them a sense of