The Black Swans

[Mel Rose]

"Power tends to creep up in most unexpected of places. I'm no administrator, nor do I want to be, but if there's a vacancy for a caretaker, I might be interested."

She shrugged and continued. "You, however, seem to either misunderstand the distinction between authority and power, or are pretending to. Which, effectively, amounts to the same thing. I believe it is in both your best interest and mine to ensure that if the LPI were to raid this place tomorrow, they wouldn't find anything that stuck. If you cannot use your own authority, or power, or influence, or are unwilling, or just simply disagree, this might as well end here, as that would indicate that we have diverging positions on the fundamentals."

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