[He's at least mindful enough to know why Law would both write and read aloud his message, having doing the locked network transmissions for awhile. His lips quirk into a smirk both smoothing back into a neutral expression.]

They are. The extra time seems more a throwback to when Bil was in charge. [He momentarily muses over the possibility of Bil being involved, but it seems unlikely with the Security Forces in charge.]

Taking back an entire region would take a great deal of manpower. They have a good number of the village drafted. [Without any mention of whether or not some of them would be afflicted with Shift incompatibility problems upon leaving the barrier.]