Jake Randolph: Origins Pt. 44

"Not just like me, sir. I would've ridden out the war in the stockade if it hadn't been for you," I said truthfully. "You were a cut above the rest."

He looked embarrassed and then said, "Yeah, you were something of a loose cannon, Randolph. But I saw the potential you had. I knew you couldn't be controlled like the others. But you always came through when the chips were down. There are a lot of men from our platoon that wouldn't be alive today if not for you."

"Well," I said, "Harrigan had something to do with that too."