[Roger's hands stay raised in surrender, but lower somewhat to be in front of his face in a more defensive posture. He slinks back a few steps.

He directs his answer to Shadow's question to the SecUnit.] You said startling you was dangerous, and then you asked where I was. And then you came in and immediately got startled. So I thought I was in danger.

[Of course, it should have been obvious that bringing weapons would be startling, but he certainly didn't trust the SecUnit enough to leave them behind. Even so, their only effective use would be a deterrent. The cobbled-together experimental weapon was unreliable, the blaster was empty, and the small melee weapon wouldn't be that useful in his hands.]

... I panicked.