Syndus had watched the others grab their weapons before going and grabbing a longbow, along with a pair of shortswords as backup weapons in case he had to fight up close and personal, even though he was very efficient in hand-to-hand combat. He had gotten first impressions of the others from how they had gotten their weapons. Obviously the male Orsimer would be the easiest one to deal with. Big, dumb, and slow, and obviously relying more on the quality of his weapon to compensate for lack of skill, judging by his reaction to the quality of the axe he'd picked up. The Breton would be a bit of a challenge, considering the man's reputation as a witch-hunter, but nothing that Syndus hasn't dealt with before. He'd have to be wary of the Orsimer female though. He couldn't tell anything about her, so he'd have to be careful until he figured out her style of fighting. There were multiple ways one could use twin axes. After he had gotten an idea in his head of what he needed to do, he just sat down on the floor, using a loose stone he'd pulled up from his prison cell when they had him locked up to start sharpening the shortswords the old-fashioned way as if it was a whetstone.