The prisoner sits and takes a minute to think on it. "For a week's work?" he thinks, and finally nods. "This price, this is fair. I cannot speak for the others but I will take it."

Upon getting the chance to speak to Rocky, he speaks to him in a low tone, in an exotic language none of the travelers recognize. "Rocky will make the same bargain," he says, "But he shares the same condition as I do: that we travel armed. We give you our word we will see the job through."