Given the chapter title, the first thought that leapt into my mind is “he’s being exactly what Harry wants/expects to see, then being exactly what Minerva wants/expects to see, leaving no-one including us aware of what he actually wants or is actually going to do”. Malus points to Minerva for the fact that he told her straight out what he was doing to Harry, but it didn’t occur to her whether he might be doing the same to her.
Given the chapter title, the first thought that leapt into my mind is “he’s being exactly what Harry wants/expects to see, then being exactly what Minerva wants/expects to see, leaving no-one including us aware of what he actually wants or is actually going to do”. Malus points to Minerva for the fact that he told her straight out what he was doing to Harry, but it didn’t occur to her whether he might be doing the same to her.
She didn’t give any indication that the possibility occured to her, so she’s either one level down or a full level above Quirrel.
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Does Dumbledore observe Quirrell’s interaction with either Harry or McGonagall?
Not that I know of. That isn’t a requirement for Dumbledore to be GenreSavvy enough to effectively manipulate Quirrell and/or Harry.
Has Dumbledore ever done anything for Quirrell or Harry that he didn’t want to?