Lennon hadn't thought about whether being unconscious would negate the zap effect. Would you get zapped but you just wouldn't feel it? If you were dead, it wouldn't matter, would it? None of this would matter if you were dead. He put his hand over the hammer in his belt loop, maybe tacitly trying to convince himself that he could defend himself if he needed to.
"We should find out," he said, agreeing with Edwin. "If there's any way there's, you know, an exit." There wasn't a lot of optimism left in him, but it seemed like they needed to know for sure. He shook his head at the offer of the walking stick, feeling like the hammer could be enough if he needed something.