I really like this, and you're bringing out Dumbledore's personality more and more - just the way I myself envision him. So no quarrels there. Now about the squirrels I had no idea. Shame there isn't a way to bring them from there to Oklahoma, my whole family freaking worships squirrels. But squirrel stew is nothing to sneeze at. I have a wonderful (ancient) recipe for Salo Lu Gama - Cherokee squirrel stew. :D
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Yeah, I _could_ have used another invasive species, but eastern grey squirrels seemed inherently funny, are probably recognizable to the most people, and genuinely do annoy the British (who love their native squirrels).
As to Dumbledore, he's a very pushy, unavoidable character, and I have written _way_ more from his perspective than I had initially expected to.