[Shadow is quiet for a long moment. He looks back at the portals thinks of what to say. Shadow finally speaks plainly, finding it easiest and probably best in this situation.]

No one knows your weaknesses as well as yourself. You failed. Everyone fails. What matters is what you learn from that failure and what you do with that knowledge. Those you care about are safe. Take solace in the fact your failure didn't cause you losing them. That is a good thing.

You are not going in. Instead our job is to hold the line. Focus on the line, not the portals. We don't let anything past us. Today, we do not fail.