His staff would be easy enough to manipulate if the need arose. Poppy and Hagrid had sworn blind loyalty to him. Minerva had already grown to care deeply about the boy as he reminded her of the three Gryffindors from years ago. She could be convinced that it was all for his welfare. And his agent of chaos hated Harry so much that he would throw apathy Harry’s way. So Quirinus would be this year’s challenge.