Summary

As Tina takes Newt to MACUSA headquarters, visual narrative reveals that there is a monitor there showing the Magical Exposure Threat Level: the monitor reads “Severe.”

In another part of headquarters, conversation between Graves and Madam (Seraphina) Picquery, the president of MACUSA, reveals that the International Confederation of Wizards is concerned that the encounter Graves had the night before “is related to Grindelwald’s attacks in Europe” (41). Graves assures Madam Picquery that what happened was the action of a beast. Madam Picquery worries that No-Maj’s have been exposed to danger, which in turn could lead to their reacting in fear, which in its own turn could lead to exposure and war. When Tina arrives, she is immediately dismissed, partly because she is no longer an Auror and partly because Madam Picquery is preoccupied with more significant concerns, the implication being that...