Doing him a favor naturally demanded his utmost effort.
However, Benjamin Ford had never thought that the chores Bryan Hawkins asked him to do would be so trivial, all involving some petty hooligans. He couldn't understand why these thugs insisted on provoking that silent King of Hell.
Benjamin Ford thought of Bryan Hawkins as a silent King of Hell because Richard Ward told him so. He believed that Bryan was someone you would either want to befriend completely or keep a safe distance from. You certainly should not cross Bryan. He's clever and tactical, always capable of scheming the unexpected.
Benjamin Ford really didn't feel like he needed to personally handle these matters, but Bryan had stressed the importance so ardently that he reluctantly delegated the task to one of his key underlings. When the underling received the task, he expressed his disdain but had no choice but to take it on.
