It seems that in addition to the Fate Machine, the defenses have also taken some damage. They don't quite properly turn on or off all the way anymore, and a few of them just cause the pools of essence to float in mid-air as quicksilver spheres. Which might serve as  a really effective defense if you could manage to get them to clump together.<br/><br/>But just floating in mid-air, all randomly strewn about? Not so much.<br/><br/>Thankfully, there is a box of supplies left, and you could probably manage to make a good makeshift lighthouse on the top of the manse with what you have.