The next morning, he caught Duo before they both entered the conference. "Why do they treat you like that?" he demanded, getting straight to the point.
Duo looked away, and crossed his arms over his chest. "What -- can'cha guess?" he asked, a strangely intense drawl to his voice.
Wufei shook his head, once, fiercely. "Did they find out that you were -- a pilot?" he said. "All our records should be sealed -- Une will have a fit if she finds out that her security has been compromised."
Duo sighed, and ran a hand through his bangs. "It ain't that, okay?" he said. "It's just -- one of those things, nothing ta do with Gundam pilots."
"Then what is it?" Wufei said, tightening his hand on Duo's arm. "If they have some kind of hold on you..."
"It's nothin' like that!" Duo said, voice raising as his temper flared. "Look -- bein' from a place like L2 -- even if they haven't seen my records -- well, that leaves its mark."
He stared at Duo, for several seconds until the light dawned. "Why do you let them boss you around?" Wufei said, shocked. "Report them for insubordination -- go to Une, for heaven's sake. They --"
Duo interrupted again. "Une can't order a whole buildin' of people ta change their minds on somethin', okay?" he said wearily. "If I try to confront'em, they just -- go underground. Get nasty. Better just -- leave it. I'm used to it."
Re: Vernacular
Date: 2006-02-22 07:51 am (UTC)The next morning, he caught Duo before they both entered the conference. "Why do they treat you like that?" he demanded, getting straight to the point.
Duo looked away, and crossed his arms over his chest. "What -- can'cha guess?" he asked, a strangely intense drawl to his voice.
Wufei shook his head, once, fiercely. "Did they find out that you were -- a pilot?" he said. "All our records should be sealed -- Une will have a fit if she finds out that her security has been compromised."
Duo sighed, and ran a hand through his bangs. "It ain't that, okay?" he said. "It's just -- one of those things, nothing ta do with Gundam pilots."
"Then what is it?" Wufei said, tightening his hand on Duo's arm. "If they have some kind of hold on you..."
"It's nothin' like that!" Duo said, voice raising as his temper flared. "Look -- bein' from a place like L2 -- even if they haven't seen my records -- well, that leaves its mark."
He stared at Duo, for several seconds until the light dawned. "Why do you let them boss you around?" Wufei said, shocked. "Report them for insubordination -- go to Une, for heaven's sake. They --"
Duo interrupted again. "Une can't order a whole buildin' of people ta change their minds on somethin', okay?" he said wearily. "If I try to confront'em, they just -- go underground. Get nasty. Better just -- leave it. I'm used to it."