The barrier surrounding the cabin was unlike any ordinary wall or dome—it wasn't made of visible energy or reinforced stone.
It was space twisted by the will of the Sanctum itself, woven into the fabric of reality like an invisible curtain.
It didn't repel intruders with force or sound alarms when crossed. Instead, it operated on something deeper—recognition.
If one was not linked to the Sanctum, they wouldn't even know the barrier existed. It was not a wall to the eyes, nor a pressure to the skin.
The world simply continued—until you tried to step where you weren't meant to go. Those without a connection would find themselves unknowingly walking through an empty space, unable to ever reach the cabin no matter how close it appeared. But those attuned—like Ethan, Gray, and even the zombified version of Ethan—could pass through without resistance.
That was exactly why the Prime never noticed when the undead Ethan slipped back into the Sanctum's protected grounds.
