"I would be willing to accept 'son of a bastard'," Tseng answered. "Hojo deserves that much at the very least." If not something more colorful, but while Tseng had no more problems with profanity than any of the Turks he'd leave the creative arrangement of profanity to other people. Besides, if Sephiroth meant to take up a position as acting commander of SOLDIER (a thoroughly pointless title, here) he'd likely need to speak to the man more often than most.
Thus, it would be far better to not have a variety of unflattering nicknames lurking in the back of his mind.
"I know. For some reason he doesn't seem to be dealing with the transition well. If we were back home, I would have suggested that perhaps he needs to take some time off. As it is, I happen to agree with everything you said, so there's no need to send an apology."
And inter-departmental politics be damned. Sephiroth might not be in the habit of thinking of Tseng as the Head of the Turks, but he was and he meant to do everything he had to to make sure that Sephiroth understood both that fact as well as the fact that he wasn't free to treat the Turks as his personal underlings.
"We'll simply need to exercise caution." And that was the problem. They couldn't trust Sephiroth, but he would be expecting them to be fairly forthcoming about things. But if Tseng had anything to say about the matter, Sephiroth wouldn't get full disclosure. He'd get what they saw fit to give him and he would be glad for it.
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Date: 2011-01-11 08:48 pm (UTC)Thus, it would be far better to not have a variety of unflattering nicknames lurking in the back of his mind.
"I know. For some reason he doesn't seem to be dealing with the transition well. If we were back home, I would have suggested that perhaps he needs to take some time off. As it is, I happen to agree with everything you said, so there's no need to send an apology."
And inter-departmental politics be damned. Sephiroth might not be in the habit of thinking of Tseng as the Head of the Turks, but he was and he meant to do everything he had to to make sure that Sephiroth understood both that fact as well as the fact that he wasn't free to treat the Turks as his personal underlings.
"We'll simply need to exercise caution." And that was the problem. They couldn't trust Sephiroth, but he would be expecting them to be fairly forthcoming about things. But if Tseng had anything to say about the matter, Sephiroth wouldn't get full disclosure. He'd get what they saw fit to give him and he would be glad for it.