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Cassirin 
Headmaster Tate made his way slowly down the corridor, pausing from time to time to peer into the individual canvases before moving to the next portrait. He wasn't moving very fast and, although there was a distracted air about him, he didn't seem particularly harassed or harried at the moment.
Heaving a deep breath for the climb towards the Gryffindor tower, Salander trotted up the stairs quickly but slowed his pace when he saw the Hogwarts Head Honcho
"Goodmorning Headmaster!" he greeted with a cheerful nod, then stopped short from rounding the next flight of steps. An idea has been brewing in that leaky cauldron of a brain of his ever since he started Hogwarts two years ago, something that he's been meaning to broach with the Headmaster.
"Sir, may I have a minute of your time?"