"Are you sure there's no way to make these barriers hold for long? Maybe decades, if not centuries?"
The sudden question came from General Kane who was looking at Grace with hopeful eyes. His question also made the others hold their breaths as they waited for her response.
On the other hand, this unexpected and sudden question made a smile stretch across Grace's lips but there was no humor in it.
"Let me thank you first for considering me powerful enough to be capable of creating something like that," she said lightly. Her voice was calm, and her tone almost amused, but the weight behind her words was undeniable.
General Kane shifted uncomfortably in his seat. He wasn't sure why, but he suddenly felt like he had said something foolish.
Grace tapped her fingers on the polished surface of the table, keeping her expression unreadable as she continued.
