The Vira also make the distinction that the Vanu Vanu make between the actual deity and the primal version of that deity, expressing everything from skepticism (at the authenticity of the primal as the deity) to outright disgust (as though the primal is a blasphemous gesture of disrespect to the deity). So, agreed, very possible that the enthralled guards would either have had to be tempered and planted well in advance or that they were rapidly tempered by a reserve of primal energy at the time the Qalyana arrived at the city.