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The Man in Grey freely referred to himself as “evil”. [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]] thought of him as rude, and he was easily frustrated. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Open Sourcing (short story)|Open Sourcing]]'') Over-There once cited “working for the Man in Grey for extended periods of time” as something which “tend[ed] to shift one’s perspective a little on the relative badness of kidnapping situations”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Family Business (short story)|Family Business]]'') He combined an outsized confidence in his own mental faculties with a yearning for approval from his betters that left him crushed when he failed to get it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|A Series of Queer Events]]'') | The Man in Grey freely referred to himself as “evil”. [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]] thought of him as rude, and he was easily frustrated. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Open Sourcing (short story)|Open Sourcing]]'') Over-There once cited “working for the Man in Grey for extended periods of time” as something which “tend[ed] to shift one’s perspective a little on the relative badness of kidnapping situations”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Family Business (short story)|Family Business]]'') He combined an outsized confidence in his own mental faculties with a yearning for approval from his betters that left him crushed when he failed to get it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|A Series of Queer Events]]'') | ||
His liking for the colour grey extended beyond his wardrobe, with him | His liking for the colour grey extended beyond his wardrobe, with him entirely painting the [[M.F.S. office]] in this same shade, by one account to the point of painting over a window. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Open Sourcing (short story)|Open Sourcing]]'') He also fell under the label of grey-asexual, but claimed this was a complete coincidence. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|A Series of Queer Events]]'') | ||
He had an extremely limited grasp of normal human life, once being observed to give Jenny an indiscriminate number of banknotes from his wallet when she asked him for a bit more money in exchange for performing an additional menial task on top of her normal duties, without even counting the amount. ([[PROSE]]: [[Open Sourcing (short story)|''Open Sourcing'' (2024 reedit)]]) | |||
=== Powers & abilities === | === Powers & abilities === | ||
