Always one to appreciate a direct path straight to the point, Alastor took the offered seat with a cursory scan of the room -- more from habit than any belief of danger in the Headmaster's office. Not that it hurt to be cautious.
Raising an eyebrow, he huffed softly. "I believe what I told him when he asked that same question was something along the lines of we'd be well and truly fucked. Whether they were always there and we chose not to see them, or it's a product of the way we've all come back, there are very obvious factions that will splinter into their own little groups if given space to do so."
Knowing Dumbledore would have talked to Snape before himself, if not again after, he added, "Which would have been just before he talked it around to his own idea for how things should fall. Given you contacted me, shall we say it's fair to assume he mentioned that idea to you?"