"We'll see." He doesn't think it'll hold. He knows how barriers work, and this one doesn't feel strong at all. Frowning, he tries to do...whatever it is he had done a few seconds earlier and create a stronger barrier.

Nothing happens. It holds when Professor Rammsteiner taps on it, but Jade thinks the fragile shield has more or less reached its limits already.

He shakes his head. "I don't know why this isn't working."