Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31067473-20170913191349/@comment-5956954-20170914005019

First of all, death through ill-prerequisite escape hasn't been confirmed to be such a thing in the game. Looking at the barrier at the end, however, makes it look as if the barrier is actually a spatial illusion like an endless corridor, so it looks and feels you are walking far from the starting point, but you never actually moved. It's also how I can imagine the fight being as smooth and methodic as it is in-game.

Second of all, the barrier allows anything to enter from anywhere no matter the entrance point, hence a "barrier" and "You can enter the Barrier, you just can't exit it." It's simple to me like that.