He heard nothing more than expected, and kept the four warning units busy, but once they passed the point where Barid couldn't actually block him any more without being extremely obvious, he turned the four constructs loose to start harassing the enemy. After six days in the comfortable but cramped shuttle, Eva was doing fairly well to avoid cabin fever, but was clearly ready to get out. The various games on the hololith helped, but mostly it was only for a short while before she was distracted again.<br/><br/>Still, he had time, so he activated a hidden feature in the shielding of his son's room. Beyonder power wasn't effected by distance in certain, specific cases, so he could effectively manipulate things without alerting Barid. End game strats, close to chest, things like that. It was a programmed major image, and the shielding would keep Barid and Co from noticing it. It would activate when his son was alone and while the shielding was not stressed, which meant he wasn't being watched.<br/><br/>When it did activate, it would gesture for silence, the image blurring and leaping to show it was an illusion, before he told his son that his armor was unique, as it had two AIs in it, and two augment layers, though only one could be active at a time. He was NOT to speak of that fact to anyone, other than Draiss, as only Draiss, the armor, and now Kimat knew of the unique extra layer. Not even the closest death guards or his mothers knew of it, and his sister wasn't to learn of it ever. The hidden layer was to be used to develop stealth augments that would allow his son to walk up to his father and touch him, and then leave, without ever being detected by him. Draiss would start training under shields when he got back, so Kimat could start testing his augments then, or ask questions if they were alone.<br/><br/>As for the defending forces, his constructs tried to intercept them and convince them to pull back to avoid unnecessary deaths, but didn't stay to help to avoid bringing worse down on them. At least the dragon wasn't part of the attackers. Once they got to the main plane, he turned to Eva. "We are about two hours out from your home. Any advice on how to get permission quickly? Without informing the nobles, as they aren't going to enjoy an outsider doing most of the work at turning this around, I suspect. If they are even aware of it yet."