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alt_ronSo, the thing is... I worked with Desai a fair bit this summer, and there are things she expects. Things I've got to do if I want her to push me forward for the programme.
It's-
There's just a way of doing things-
You have to act like you've got the right to do anything to anyone-
especially people who aren't who aren't, uh well connected, y'know? I mean, it wasn't just people we suspected of doing something illegal that we- y'know
it was people we wanted to get information from, but also just
just anyone who got in the way
especially if one of the Aurors thought they looked like they weren't afraid of us or weren't impressed enough, but sometimes it was just, I don't know
Just because they were in the wrong place and got in the way or didn't get out of the way quickly enough
Ugh. Okay, it's like taking the wands today? I did it because I could and because it would leave them open, and I knew Desai'd think they deserved that because, I don't know, not just because they're halfbloods, Milli and Kat, but because they didn't defend their wands, for one thing, and Milli had that sort of stupid cross look and Kat had a moment where she couldn't decide what to do. If you show weak, she'll treat you that way and expect other people to.
You just, it's an Auror thing to establish authority straight off the top, so then people mostly just fall in and do what you say. Anywiz, they tend not to challenge you as much. So I knew I had to follow that today. If I hadn't, she'd have thought I'd got nothing out of the training this summer.
So, yeah. It's not pretty, I guess, but there it is.
It's-
There's just a way of doing things-
You have to act like you've got the right to do anything to anyone-
especially people who aren't who aren't, uh well connected, y'know? I mean, it wasn't just people we suspected of doing something illegal that we- y'know
it was people we wanted to get information from, but also just
just anyone who got in the way
especially if one of the Aurors thought they looked like they weren't afraid of us or weren't impressed enough, but sometimes it was just, I don't know
Just because they were in the wrong place and got in the way or didn't get out of the way quickly enough
Ugh. Okay, it's like taking the wands today? I did it because I could and because it would leave them open, and I knew Desai'd think they deserved that because, I don't know, not just because they're halfbloods, Milli and Kat, but because they didn't defend their wands, for one thing, and Milli had that sort of stupid cross look and Kat had a moment where she couldn't decide what to do. If you show weak, she'll treat you that way and expect other people to.
You just, it's an Auror thing to establish authority straight off the top, so then people mostly just fall in and do what you say. Anywiz, they tend not to challenge you as much. So I knew I had to follow that today. If I hadn't, she'd have thought I'd got nothing out of the training this summer.
So, yeah. It's not pretty, I guess, but there it is.
