“All of them appeared to be asleep.” is an example of me leaving an open door for possible outcomes.
"I pulled my huge great sword free." is when I ended it so that I didn't do anything except finally pull my weapon across my back out. Which means the situation wasn't changed.
I left it open ended on purpose so that someone could write with it.
This is SpArTa!! oh im sorry, I must have took a wrong turn..somewhere...(runs away)