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know, he’s spitting in my face all kinds of rhetoric about population control, diseases of the outside world, and they’re not really gay but a bunch of fucking strai liars trying to play on our sympathies to get inside our borders.” Then, shaking his head in dismay, Wolf cuts his story short. “I don’t know what the fuck was said after that except a bunch of yelling and him calling me every fucking het’ro slur he could muster, and he threatened to expose me. He even blinked open his voc call display so I could watch him place the call. That’s when I told him to go right ahead, that they don’t exile heterosexuals anymore.” Sighing deeply, Wolf concludes, “He took that as a confession and fired me on the spot for being straight.”
    â€œWell,” Matthew responds confidently, “I’m gonna help you get your job back.”
    â€œHow?” Matthew’s assertion is so strong Wolf is almost inclined to believe him. Cynicism, however, quickly quells any stirrings of hope.
    â€œYou remember that kid, Todd Middleton?”
    â€œYeah, the b-ball star.”
    â€œAnd a confessed strai. I was in re-ed with him. I met his father and his papa at his funeral.”
    â€œMiddleton’s?”
    â€œNo, fuck, I mean Hunter’s—that Hunter kid that killed him.”
    â€œHunter?” The name comes out in a whisper. Understanding begins to dawn. “You met the big guy, Geoffrey Hunter?” Wolf allows some feeling of hope to prevail. “You think…you think he might help…might help me?”
    â€œWell, I’m gonna fucking try and ask him,” Matthew asserts with conviction.
    Too easily swayed by bitterness, Wolf spits out, “They won’t even let you talk to him.”
    â€œI’ll tell ’em I knew Todd Middleton; that’ll get his attention. I’m sure of it.”
    â€œWell, fuck, why not? You try, why not? Try for me, kid. It probably won’t work, but I appreciate you trying.”
    â€œIt’ll work,” Matthew reassuringly promises. “It’ll work.”
    A horn sounds off, signaling the arrival of the return ferry. Wolf offers the youth an appreciative nod, clasps Matthew’s shoulder, and then playfully shoves his young friend towards the boat. They ascend the ramp together, both men almost smiling.
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Salve!
    Discrimination in the Workplace
HNN—Melissa Eagleton Reporting
    As many of you are aware, there is an ongoing debate regarding the treatment of the reeducation class in the workplace. Those who graduate from reeducation often find themselves working in less desirable positions, the least of which is the lowly one of the detritus fisherman. These men and women toil endlessly to clean Hudson Bay by retrieving reusable wastes and disposing of toxins pulled from the heavily polluted waters. Stats indicate that at least 65 percent of all detritus fishermen are re-ed. This, of course, is due to Hadrian’s previous education policy that denied re-eds uni entrance. At the request of the Dean of Augustus Uni, the policy was revised after President Stiles signed the bill making heterosexuality legal. This once fine institution has suffered greatly due to the stigma of the nuclear attack against that city on that fateful day of 6-13—Ironically—the uni’s decision to be inclusive of heterosexuals has hindered the uni’s growth, which is now associated with nuclear radiation and—and—rampant—heterosexual orgies.
    Excuse this divergence as the focus of tonight’s Salve! is workplace discrimination. While many argue that no such discrimination exists, members of the re-ed class, feeling emboldened by President Stiles’s recent change in laws regarding heterosexuality,