'Come on, come on, someone do it. I only need one of you to slip up,' he thought. The halberds of the city guards lifted to avoid risking prematurely perforating the royal guards. The ones that didn't were deftly navigated by the Equestrians, their heads parting to let them pass as they inched closer, which the city guards responded in kind when they came in reach of the Equestrians' shorter spears.