"What the fuck," he mutters, mostly to himself. Kinetic shield. He's not trained for that.

Thankfully, his ruse works. The bullet bounces harmlessly off into the wall, and Layla takes her chance, and now they... need a new exit. Unless they open that door again and shoot their way past the guards pounding on it.

He looks to Layla for direction. He doesn't know the layout of this place, and presumably she does.