While Ethan hoped things could be handled without violence, if a fight broke out he knew whose side he was. He slowly took his hands down. At that time he thought of an even worse possibility then reinforcements or extra weapons.

"You know, I just realized something. How can we be sure these guys aren't Vygorns simply pretending to be helpless without weapons?" As he said it he really hoped he was wrong cause the Elemental group probably wouldn't do too well when it came to teamwork, seeing as they knew almost nothing about each other.