He had worked for The Company for eight months and had learned. There were three kinds of employees: the Bigwigs, the Wheels and the Cogs. The Bigwigs worked upstairs. The Wheels had private offices. The Cogs slogged it out in cubicles. He was a Cog.
The physical plant was cheap. Walls surrounded the private offices but they did not contain conversations therein. He tried to keep his ears shut, he still heard too much.
Now one of the Bigwigs wanted to know what he knew about the Wheel who supervised him. In the palace intrigue, whose side was he on?
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