Armed men. So there were others with guns; good to know, and it made him wonder what reason these men would have to shoot him- besides his mouth... and perhaps that little message he had sent when they had shown the destruction of the island.
"I have not been here long enough to see a pattern," Ichabod countered as he watched the man come toward him, and his back straightened just a bit. "I have been here long enough to realize that our captors are not entirely truthful, and take great pleasure in what they do. To this day I have seen them inflict misery evenly, and in truth I do not know who is considered a couple and who is not."
"Of course if you know of someone here who is a potential danger to any of the ladies I would ask that you tell me," he continued, the tone he used for investigations creeping into his voice whether he realized it or not. "Or are you one of those men you speak of?"