Playing Dead

It was a desperate and tense moment.

Luca and Xavier weren't prepared to encounter a lucid Marshal, and to be perfectly honest, Luca thought of whacking him gently. At least just enough to knock him out for a moment.

Like Uncle, like nephew. 

They didn't even remain knocked out for too long and had a penchant for randomly waking up despite dire conditions.

Xavier could feel Luca hiding behind him, so he had to think of something to hold off the Marshal until they could come up with a plausible explanation.

But the little chipmunk beat him to it out of fear of having an unsatisfied and talkative customer.

"Marshal, Sir, we're also not sure. We were just hoping for something to work." Luca said from behind Xavier, his head popping out from the side. It was likely disrespectful, but who could blame him?

Marshal Julian actually noticed how Xavier hid this guy when he would've customarily held such cowards out for everyone to see.