I think it's crazy how the guard, after just having watched the approaching army maim his comrade for life, still brings up the resolve to make a mockery of the

I think it's crazy how the guard, after just having watched the approaching army maim his comrade for life, still brings up the resolve to make a mockery of them. I guess this goes to show how accustomed the people were to casual violence and bodily harm. (Or it might strengthen the "two factions" theory: That the guard and the hostage were from two opposing factions within the resistance and therefore the guard didn't have much compassion for the hostage to begin with)