Now that was blunt, honest, harsh, and nothing he hadn't thought himself about a million times after Moody got hurt. That said he wasn't sure Marlene really understood just what he had taken over either. Taking a sip of his tea he put it down before answering.
"I'd be a fool not want you there," he said honestly. "I've read your files, I know what Moody and Dumbledore thinks of you, your skills and performance. The fact that you are not afraid to be honest with me only tells me that I need you there even more."
He leaned forwards, resting on his elbows. "You asked about the generation before me. What few they were were either arrested or fired or recovering or dead after the last war. Those ones on the force were older, and they have retired by now and organisation? We had none. We were a skeleton crew and we all worked together. There were no units because there were no one to make up the units."
"As we grew the division changed. We have mainly worked in pairs or small teams on a case by case basis over the years. All of this is new, there are no teams because none of us has faced this before. There is a reason why I am one of the three - two now - most experienced Aurors on the force. I have no problem admitting that I need the input from someone who knows how things were run before, because all I have are some 30- to 40-year-old texts." That he never found time to read if he wanted to stay on top of everything else as well.
"The first Werewolf attacks started on Muggles in late May, I was made head of division in June, in August we had the first attack on Wizards and in September Voldemort came back. Since I took the job, we've been trying to find time to restructure the division, change and adapt training programs, add supplemental training for existing Aurors, work the cases and try to enlist help from abroad. To name a few things. Your help will be more than welcome."