"I…"
Sylas didn't press her because he could easily guess what she was thinking.
To him, she didn't need to go so far. He had already been interested in taking her under his wing. Though he had definitely planned to test more.
That said, between her performance and the odd actions of the Greed Seed, he was already leaning toward being just fine with protecting her. He had no issues going the extra mile if someone was useful.
He had saved the shieldman from his military duties and military supervision, he had practically kidnapped Morgan from the Celestial Republic, and he still hadn't forgotten about Archibald. Now that he and Lucius had had a falling out, he was very much interested in taking that man as well.
Although Sylas couldn't and likely would never start a city himself because of all the restrictions involved, he knew that he would definitely have to nurture a force of his own eventually.