Probably laid out that way on purpose, he reasoned, to keep outsiders away.
Scores of villages were cordoned off to keep outsiders away.
You can't expect to get all this free sand and then keep outsiders away.
"I've heard rumors the cult is active again, and trying to keep outsiders from learning anything about the territory where they hide."
"Well, if we invented something that would help you to keep outsiders away, wouldn't that make up for it?"
But it had to be that way to keep outsiders from invading our empire.
Only a balance of power will lead to peace - and keep outsiders from entering the war.
It was probably blocked at some point to keep outsiders from entering P4 at the ground level.
Its purpose is to keep outsiders out of the conversation.
Yani was touched but determined to keep outsiders out of the business.