It would. At least you know we can follow directions, and that most of us are on the same page when it comes to keeping this city safe.
[He says "most" because there are some with methods he doesn't approve of, and some who don't seem to know just why they're on the Guard in the first place, save for that they wanted something to do. Whatever their reasoning, the important part is that they cooperate, especially when things start to go haywire.]
Yes. It would be--useful, to have officers in place to delegate work and give orders of their own. [And to know that they would be followed. Still, the whole thing has an edge, coming ever close to a formal militia, and Maketh worries. It's far too easy to fall into old patterns. What she was before cannot exist here. This place cannot be the Empire. She's sworn to make something better.]
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[He says "most" because there are some with methods he doesn't approve of, and some who don't seem to know just why they're on the Guard in the first place, save for that they wanted something to do. Whatever their reasoning, the important part is that they cooperate, especially when things start to go haywire.]
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