You've got a point there... Nobody really knows what determines how ranks get assigned, you just sort of get one after you gain some experience and it's yours to deal with.

Well, I'm sure it'll all work out for the best. [He laughs a little stiltedly. Truth be told he'd LIKE to know how it works himself... but the odds of finding out are somewhere between slim and none.]

If we ever do figure it out, maybe we could someday switch ranks on the fly and all of us could be everything.