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Becky "You literally said I have to prove myself here." she said to him, maybe a little more snappy than she'd intended. Yes, she HAD trained him! She'd taught him everything he knew in that field. "No, but you didn't fight it, did you!?" Becca stared at him with that intense fire in her watery eyes. "I don't care! They saw what I did and they saw my work history. You don't ignore over ten years in a field just because you've not seen the person at work! Who replaced you??" she asked, outraged. "Someone who they've never seen working!" See, now she was just getting more frustrated and more upset.
"You have to show them yes" he said quietly wishing he wasn't having to say this again. He knew she was hurt and upset. "They remember what it is they saw you as here. They need to see you in action. They know how well you did in one field, but you returned with 10 years of experience outside that field and back in MLE, you need to show them that you are more than capable. Just like everyone else in the field. Even you know love, that we don't just take a person's word for it when they claim to be an auror. We ask and watch and test them to see their capabilities for ourselves."
He swallowed as he looked towards her again "Bec, I'm sorry. I don't know that I can do anything. It wouldn't be fair for me to turn around and demand that my wife is in MLE with me, and not find that my employees and other department heads don't watch for me to slip up and look like I'm being more generous to you rather than an employee who's been working for years towards a position. You wouldn't do that either. If you were in my position, you'd tell me to start in the spot they put me and work up and prove myself to them as well." That wasn't very sweet to say but it was true. He knew she'd tell him to buck up and do what they ask and show them they were wrong about his abilities.