Following that session where Lilith pointed out that Zeph knew more about how the criminal elements worked than those who were at the top knew, even if they might have signed off on some of his operations without having a clear picture of what was actually required to get closer to the big players that The Family mostly let do whatever as long as it didn't reach a point where control was lost, most of the members looked at Zeph as little differently.
While every last one of them had taken a bribe or got some kind of kickback from one mega-corporation or another due to just playing the political games they all played, Zeph had practically started to establish himself as a kingpin while welding the hammer of justice in the other hand.
