Every instinct I have tells me this is bad. [Every instinct he has tells him he shouldn't involve the others, too -- but he has no choice. He can't work the magic to take down these wards alone, no matter how great the need. So it'll be on him to protect all three of them... to make sure they don't get hurt because of his inability.]

[His fingers tighten around Ahrah's hilt, the sort of gesture that would betray a human by their white knuckles but offers little clue thanks to his fur.]

The spell to open the wards is simple, if we all do it. One at each cardinal direction.