[@Prince of Seraphs] You should give away some lotion for all of those burns.

So I decided what to do with Manuel, and I'll go with one of your suggestions. I'll have him as a nominal faction member. Personality-wise he can't deal well with being an underling but I find it had to believe he could run a faction. So I'll join some faction, talk with either players here and set up an arrangement. Thanks for the help.