Possible bugs: Blacksmith and Prot (in General)

Two things I've noticed:

First - the last two times I've used the blacksmith to upgrade items, when the items were returned, they ended up as unequipped items instead of returning to the minions they came from. Is this intentional now, or a small glitch. The first time was with 4 items and the last time was with 6 or 7 items.

Second - Protection. In CB, when protection was cast, the total AC of the minion was displayed in the post battle info with the base AC and Prot AC added. In CB2, the post battle report doesn't include the effect of Prot at all. Is this also intentional or a small bug. As a side not, no, DM was not cast on my minions while I was specifically watching for this. I fought chars that did not have DM (according to the play-by-play). Also, as DM seems to cast before Prot does, once Prot casts, the "adjusted" level is displayed in the Play-by-play, it seems. Sometimes my prot is 3, 4 or 5 AC. Still though, in the post battle stats, the base AC should be adjusted upward by whatever amount the play-by-play displays, should it not? So, either prot isn't casting, the Prot AC isn't being added to the base AC, it simply isn't displaying properly in the play-by-play, or all three?

1) read the thread about BS/tattoos

2) read spell descriptions, protection is separate from AC