Dumbledore. Now there was a Machiavellian if Cutty ever saw one. Although some of his strategies were better than others the young wizard thought. There were obvious answers as to why a wizard in Dumbledore's position might need to court the giants. Or what would've been left of them at the time. Dumbledore always read like someone who was accutely aware of how things appeared and was ready for any after effects of that appearance. He raised his hand, "Dumbledore would've known what sort of effect his courting of the giants mighteff had on the ...fragile psyche of a wizard like Voldemort. Maybe soom of his reasons for trying to sway the giants to 'is side was to discourage the dark lord. Give 'im a bittoffa jarring." Cutty always imagined that Dumbledore laughed loud and proud behind the scenes at how very dramatic Voldemort must have been.