The women were focused on getting as many non-combatants to safety as possible, while the sphinx, with the aid of the shadow, drove the other bulette to the ground, pinning it, and tearing into it... but only for a moment, before it dove back beneath the sands. The one he was fighting thrashed and flailed wildly, grabbing one of the nomads by the leg and tearing into it, causing him to fall screaming, but their attacks were clearly harming the beast.