He nodded to himself, before resuming his vigil at the screen. "Is it just me, or is that thing staying the same size?"<br/><br/>He grumbled, before ordering the two units to uncouple the other six clamps from their backs, and add those to the seal. That it wasn't shrinking implied something was actively trying to break through, and V'elen was barely responsive to him. Which meant if it was a breakthrough, he would have his own power, and a trace of V'elen's, leaving him at a disadvantage. He added a mental note to immediately talk to Jashah and E'Lune when he got back, because he suspected that the barrier Barid had up merely made the portals react as if they were in space, not actively prevented them. Once they realized his trick, they would be all over all of them.