An interesting chapter and I can't help but wonder what mischief Dawlish can get up to in his new assignment; be interesting if/when he's found out (I'll wager that it's either a slip-up on his part over some minor thing or the destruction of all those soul jars takes all the marked souls with it). I loved Amelia's reaction to Harry blackmailing Rita, it's quite a no nonsense one. I'll be looking forward to Minerva's reaction when Harry & Hermione show up at Hogwarts together and already very, very close.
Author's response
Heya Cat!
Dawlish: Fortunately not too much. If he were to be left alone for enough time, he could reroute the appointments, change the dates of the wizengamot meetings, construct edicts on official letterhead that appear official, remove all the road signs, steal everybody’s left shoe…
But I’m not gonna let him play for too much longer.
Next (and last) chapter will explain what and why.
Wager: Damn! You guessed it!
Blackmail: Being a seasoned cop, Amelia is a pragmatic soul. She understands that sometimes in war, one has to use methods that are…quasi-legal at best.
H&H: Not in this story. Sorry.
Alorkin