It would still take time to make sure that everyone was on the same page, and with the boss's hotheadedness, any pause would have made him irritable. Even if it was just a few minutes, a combat-oriented situation would have made it seem a little longer than it normally would have. I'll go ahead and edit this if its really a problem, but I figured spacing it out a little bit helped with posting.

As for Geist's illusion, it's just sitting there, right? Unless it was actively moving, it wouldn't appear as life-like as normal, and the goons probably would have either figured that it was a decoy or decided to ignore it because it wasn't doing anything. I will edit that to make it a little more clear, however.

EDIT: I went ahead and tweaked it a bit. Tell me what you think. :D