Chris leaped the opposite way the sphinx had, and pulled out the device Ptricia had organized for him earlier. Hopefully all that stuff that she'd said about draining energy and heat and light that had gone so far over his head it had knocked some roof tiles off would work now. As the flash went off, Chris blinked the stars out from his eyes and slung the AAL over his shoulder, calling to Ptricia. "Is this still gonna be necessary?"<br/><br/>OOC: I was hopin' to kick some ass in wolf form, but, meh, you're leadin' the story. ^_^