In other words, if Jimmy wanted more money for the next ten years, he needed to increase the income he received from Ares LLC. The more, the better.

That was why he told Nate he was willing to work at Ares LLC for the next ten years. He could never escape the fate of working in Oskia, but he was still technically working for the law firm and drawing their salary, so he decided to use that as his betting chip in this negotiation.

After his trip to Oskia, he had come to understand that society w