A/N: A double drabble. Contains a quote from The Seed and references an S5 casting change. No other spoilers.
Paperwork
"... my superiors back on Earth… were going over my preliminary report." Richard Woolsey, The Seed
Xiaoyi nodded coolly to Mr. Chapman as she gathered her files and stood. She had worked with him the longest and found him irritatingly pleasant. People who smiled that much were not to be trusted.
"Ambassador Shen?" Mr. Coolidge called.
If Chapman irritated her, Coolidge pushed all her buttons. Newest to the group yet the one in the position that should have been hers. Schooling her features to neutral, she turned back from the door.
"Yes, Mr. Coolidge?"
"You forgot this." He handed her a thumb drive.
She cursed herself silently in five languages for being so stupid all while smiling cordially. "Thank you so much. My staff would have fired me if I'd lost another report."
Hurrying out the door before he could ask questions, she collided with her assistant. Paper scattered everywhere.
"Oh, Ambassador, please forgive me."
She sighed. "It is my fault, Hsien." She crammed the files in her satchel and folded the thumb drive into his hand. "Put this with the others," she whispered.
He nodded imperceptibly. "Our source?"
Xiaoyi led Hsien to a secure room. "Woolsey didn't leave anything out this time."
"You still think he's going to fail, don't you?"
"I'm counting on it."
Written for the sgadetailsfic ep tag challenge.