As they're making the way back, one of the constructs reports strange energy fluctuations in the shields protecting the planes. It seems that the shields are hardening, and going to make it a lot more difficult to move things through them. Draiss can still force his way through, pretty easily, due to his familiarity with Barid, but most of his other units will take quite a bit longer to break through the shields, both entering and leaving.<br/><br/>"I was afraid something like that was going to happen," Ama says, once she learns what's going on. "He's withdrawn his protections, which means that anyone passing through the portals is going to need to deal with the checkpoints like everyone else. And we're going to have issues passing through anywhere else. On the other hand, your outer fortresses should be better protected than they were."