Dumbledore question

[Amy LoBianco]

No: HPFGUIDX 162217

Amy L.:  
Hi everyone - I'm new to this list, and I love the discussions I've 
read so far.  My question is this: did anyone else find it odd that 
Dumbledore got so emotional in HBP when Harry told him about being 
questioned by the new minister and saying that he was "Dumbledore's 
man through and through" ?  I thought it seemed out of character for 
Dumbledore to be so emotional.  After all, he knew how loyal Harry was 
to him after he was able to summon Fawkes in the chamber of secrets, 
and even mentioned how strong Harry's loyalty would have to be for 
that to occur.  He acted like he didn't deserve Harry's loyalty.  Do 
you think that maybe JKR was making some kind of a point about 
Dumbledore's character changing for a specific reason or maybe it will 
come into play in the last book somehow? Of course, it could just be 
that, thinking it might be a fatal trip, Dumbledore extracted so many 
of his memories into the pensive to preserve them in case he didn't 
make it back, that he was not able to control his emotions very well 
or something like that.  Apologies if this topic has already been 
discussed to death!