[ It's Botan's instinct to flinch and bring her arms up once the blowback was starting. So when nothing happens, she peeks over an arm to see the shield taking the rest of the force.

Aside from being a little dazed at the result, just a little, Botan is looking back to where the borderline was. ]

Honestly, I'd prefer it if that happened and my borderline was still there. I suppose you can only accomplish and stand against so much when you haven't even been here a couple of weeks.