"It gets harder after a couple minutes, but that's longer than it was before." He drops the shield much earlier this time, however. There's nothing to be defending against and Lambert already tested it.

"I have to focus on keeping it up. It's weird, even if I'm not really doing much, it feels like I'm making a lot of effort!" Like wearing himself out from thinking too hard. "I'm practicing every day. I want it to be really strong before something else happens."

Because something else will probably happen.