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* '''Double Subverted''': But then Bob complains to Alice' boss that Alice took a weapon without permission and demands that she is punished.

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But then Bob complains to Alice' boss that Alice took a weapon without permission and demands that she is punished.punished.
** One of the main purposes for Bob and his fellow bureaucrats is ''to be'' obstructive - they act as a legal and procedural MoralityChain on an organization full of [[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder chronically demented geniuses]], TheMenInBlack, or other dodgy-by-default employees who might otherwise be prone to [[DrunkWithPower abuses of power]] and JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope.
** Bob's obstructiveness goes off the charts when a suspected shapeshifter or [[TheMole an obvious plant]] comes up to him with a request, because in those moments he feels fully justified in it - but he's still obstructive to everyone else, if even a bit.
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** Bob tells Alice to forget about the paperwork because [[ItsPersonal he wants her target dead]] more than [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem he wants to follow protocol]].
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** Alice proves herself to be a better bureaucrat then Bob could ever be. When he hands her paperwork to be filled out, she presents to him the same paperwork already filled out.
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** [[UpToEleven Every few seconds, Alice has to fill out a form requesting to breathe.]]

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** [[UpToEleven Every few seconds, Alice has to fill out a form requesting to breathe.]]

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