14: Purge
"Can you believe it? That moron got promoted over me! Barely two months in our department and already he's playing favourites."
Wufei frowned at preventer Po. "Inspecter Noin is hardly a moron." He said carefully, well aware of Sally's bad mood.
"Oh come on. You know how they worked together during the war. She was all over him then, they say. I worked my ass off to become team leader! I have more experience and I am definitely more qualified than that idiot woman. Half the new recruits are startled to find out she's a woman.
He knew Noin. She had been the one in charge that day he blew up the quarters for the new recruits with them in it. She had never quite forgiven him for that, but at the time he had found her just a weak woman as well. Things had changed over the years. The war had ended and he'd grown up. "It shows that she's a woman." Wufei tried, but Sally shot him an angry look.
"Well, I suppose I lost all chances I had when HE became our manager. After all I'm Asian. And if there's anyone who can't be trusted to be honest or solve problems or accept help, it's Asians, right?" Sally spat angrily and Wufei suddenly recalled very vividly that piece of conversation they had overheard at last year's Christmas feast.
Was there merit to her words? He knew how hard Sally had been working for that promotion. He'd seen her put in countless requests to lead so she could get more experience and he knew she had never received anything but good marks for the way she carried out her missions. Wufei never cared much for being promoted, but he too had noticed that preventer Wind had not exactly made a habit of offering him chances to progress.
"Why did he have to transfer from your department to mine?"
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