Those are some serious bodyguards. Especially Ballarta. He looks like a happy go-lucky counter person at an AutoBarn, and he could kill you twelve ways from Tuesday - with his bare hands.
I can just imagine... "Where the hell have you been? Did you get the pictures? Holy [censored]! What happened to you?!" "I'd managed to sneak under the ropes and was creeping up on the Discovery bus, when this little guy in glasses tapped me on the shoulder...that's all I remember until I woke up this morning in Karlsruhe."