Was He Really Unready?

[ALANOR]

"Don't you think you guys should bring the barrier down now?" Cass asked once they were settled. It was a topic he had been waiting to explore for weeks now but then he had to be sure that the team was ready, and today he was certainly sure of that. 

This team was ready to go to battle even though Cass hoped that there wouldn't be any more battles for them. They had fought enough and deserved a life of peace even for the next five hundred years or so. 

The barrier around them had protected them even from themselves but then wasn't it time for them to lead normal lives instead of hiding away from the world? 

"THE barrier? I didn't think we were ready for that yet," Heide responded almost instantly. 

He was worried for the whole team because he knew how difficult it would be for them to adapt again. They had apparently gone missing from the world and we're just going to dive back in like nothing had happened?