Councilor,
Lower might consider you less a hero if they knew what you did the day the stair fell. Slaughtering citizens will earn you the kind of reputation you are looking to avoid. I'll see to it that lower never finds out about any of this, and I'll also see to it that the watch supports your claim to power down there if you give me reason to. There is much we can accomplish together in this. It is now your choice how we proceed.
*signed* Pvt. Lockwood