He looked at his wife, and gave her a slightly relaxed smile. "And that was the question I have been asking since I got back and found Barid... sane. Ish. Glad to have someone else on the same page. We do have to take down the shields. They can't stay on all the time, I fear what will happen to our universe if Fate does pass on. But I do think they are too useful to completely dismantle."<br/><br/>He had an answer for using beyonders to death for the power source, and likely why Fate had invested so much in him this time, rather than using him as just a pawn, but he would try to find another answer first. "So first, I find my stalkers and the other gods, and THEN we see what our options have become. With the kids here, I can post another few death squad, so some might vanish for a while, but they won't be causing problems. They will be gathering information and data for later parts of the plan, whatever it becomes."