Ibani grins. "An option for lesson two, maybe," she teases.

"It's been a while since I've tried to do this slowly, so...." Her gaze becomes slightly unfocused as she switches to senses only tangentially related to sight.

The process is slightly like picking up an object with a force, except that what's being moved is energy as opposed to a physical object. The energy gets shaped, pushed out into a sphere. As the shield becomes tangible, it takes on a purplish hue, although it is still transparent.