BErnard flicked his fingers holding the cigarette, sending the ash fluttering to the floor. Well that was interesting - barely one to toe the party line himself he could appreciate few things about the British Ministry - save for the fact that Urquart was intellectually curious and not afraid of the unanswered questions. He actually didn't mind him as a superior. Still he took a deep drag on his cigarette, so deep in fact that it almost triggered a cough.

'You should speak with Urqaurt, the head of the function, he might be the former minister but he's not afraid of those of us with... ' he chose his words carefully, 'different views.' He said with a slightly bitter smirk, 'and he knows what it is to be hounded from a place for views that are unpopular'. The truth of that statement should be self evident in the whole werewolf business. Politics was of no interest to Bernard, the replacement of Urqaurt with Ross had made little impact on his life, beyond having a new reporting line, but he often imagined that the sort of attitude that had made Urquart a reportedly good First Minister, that is to say a certain disdain for the opinion of others and a clear sene of purpose, were also what made him a good unspeakable and function head.

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