Knowing his position was a problem, John slowly got to his knees. Putting his bow, torch and an arrow on the ground before him as he cautiously observed the fact that they were preparing to attack. Considering, he was going to try and portray himself as the least dangerous possible person there. As his head lowered and his hands were raised open in surrender, he made sure of two things. For one, his hands were no lower than his head, so he could quickly grab the bow and arrow. Secondly, by observing the intensities of different glows on the ground. He estimated that if they were going to attack, they would momentarily shine brighter.