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caitsitha asked:

heyo! i was rereading phantomland from the beginning and i noticed that you bring up the fact that jon has 'hired' amber and elias to work for/with him? it's been mentioned a couple times, so i started wondering! is this something you'll elaborate on, or did the answer just go straight over my head? they all work for cypress, so how would jon 'hire' them? anyway, i thought i'd inquire, but if it's a spoiler or i just ended up asking a really dumb question, i apologize! ;-)

Sup! Thanks for the message. It’ll be more clear later in canon; basically senior officers can assemble and lead/manage their own teams so they can work on bigger tasks together. I couldn’t think of a better word than “hire” but I guess it makes sense if there’s some financial benefit to the whole arrangement.

Elias and Amber work independently most of the time while Jon will call them up whenever he needs them for a thing. They’re pretty lax about the hierarchy though and trust each other like friends