`` i 'm also a guy in a lot of pain . another row of ham 's guards-in regular clothing-sat in the first row of the audience , providing a first line of protection . `` if they do , i 'm not thinking they plan to tell anyone . '' he knew they 'd saved him and he hated them for it . it might be something in the drinks , raptor whispered in my ear . all at once the risk they were taking seemed insane ... but it was too late now . 