then , given three hours , they had decided to commit a dangerous crime against their homeland , placed themselves in the hands of strangers ( who the boys rightly perceived to be serious heavyweight dudes ) , had climbed into a shipping container with jinny and guignard after being told they would be locked in it for eight days , and now sat in the beautiful home of two americans in charleston , south carolina , answering a question about what they wanted to do for the rest of their lives .