"Whiz kid ain't synonymous with bow down all machines and take it from your lord and master as he lovingly fucks you over. Doesn't mean I can't improve, either," Dirk said. He followed Jet's gaze out toward the ocean, then caught on to what he meant. "The barrier? Fuck, no one's made progress in cracking that since I got here. 'Course, we fucked up the city's dome, so we could probably fuck up that too, but the problem is, we don't know what causes that one."