When the first guards responded to the beck, the others had no choice except to follow.
Rubbish, responded the old guard, who have since come to be known as Heinleiners.
He sounded the alarm and the other guards responded efficiently.
If a guard responded, I would just say that one of us was really ill and needed attention.
But even after the guards responded, it took some time to free all the prisoners.
By the time the guards responded to the continued "test" of the alarm system, they'd be nearly back to the port.
"And if the guards responded so fast, how then did they fail to prevent this act?"
Turkish guards would respond by land or air before anyone could cross in either direction.
"We got them too," the guard responded, and didn't raise his eyes from his report.
The guards on that part of the perimeter aren't responding to signals.