Chapter 212 - Oaths
"Come on Elliot, it won't be that bad. Quit whining!" I needled the man. He reacted to my offer exactly the way I thought he would. The last time I'd come to the man asking something hadn't exactly been productive to continued health.
"That's what you said last time and I had to charge into an army of Demons by myself!" He sputtered and tried to make his grievance known, "I barely survived!"
"Ah, but you did survive and look at you now! You're in a league way above where you used to be and are stronger for it." I nodded sagely. The feeling he gave off wasn't threatening to me, not many held that honor, but he was a step above the rest. The fight had done him well.
"Just because I advanced my Law in the face of near-death doesn't make up for the fact it was my NEAR DEATH!"
While it was fun to get a rise out of the man, what I needed an answer to was quite serious. He was one of the only people in the City with a Tier 2 Law and it made him worthy of such a position. Others were already lining up for the battle to come and I didn't feel like arguing with Elliot would be the best thing for them to see.
One of the biggest things I still needed to do for the Guard Company was appoint a Captain, Commander, or leader of some kind— it didn't matter what it was called and they would be free to decide on their own title.
My first choice was Jonathan, but he flat-out said no. I could've pushed the issue but chose to go a different route. We were already gaining people by the dozens from our recruitment effort and the group I sent to Toronto was doing spectacular work.
People were coming from there in droves.
That being the case, and my plans for the future being expanded to match our growing population, I knew we wouldn't stop at just one Guard Company.
With that knowledge, I would wait until we had the supplies and revenue to outfit multiple Guard Companies. Then I would come back and put Jonathan in charge of all of them. Giving him a fancy title as well.
Something he couldn't turn down.
Chief of Security maybe?