Consciences were damning.
Once the liquor cleared out from his head, Russel considered his words and experienced a sharp pain in his gut and a bitter and raw feeling down his throat. Although that might have been just him vomiting earlier at all the alcohol he drank earlier into a bucket.
While that still might have not been enough to start looking for Han to apologize when the man was probably back at the Academy—the scrawnier Guardsman, Bo, he claimed that Han wasn't safe yet. And it was only due to the insistence of Boaz and a Skill he had as a Guardsman that they were able to track out.
The man noticed that Han hadn't headed back home according to their promised agreement.
And Russel knew it was because of his insensitive words—and to make worse things to become the worst: All of them here were now goners. The entire street was littered and filled with a great number of criminals.
They were outnumbered from 1:3.