Ptricia had also expanded to her normal size but humanoid form, rather than full sphinx. As she'd mentioned once before, it actually took less power to maintain than her regular sphinx form, and that meant the rate of power flow was reduced. However, she was still practically imobile, sprawled out on the floor. The amulet  was like a shoe buckle, attached to her bare ankle (her boot clearly hadn't reformed properly) when the rest of her did, and glowing like a blazing coal as it sucked away far more magic than it was designed for. He could see the skin burning, and smell the flesh cooking, as it worked.<br/><br/>She gasped out a few words. "Cut... re... remove... before... dying..." One hand started to extend long claws, more suited to her sphinx form, but she didn't appear to have the co-ordination to use them.