Azadei blinked in surprise at his comment, and Evendiss furrowed her brow. "Let me see," she said, moving past him. "A gynosphinx," she declared. "The most intelligent and... potentially friendly, of all their species. At least, the ones least likely to<em>immediately</em>try to eat you. It looks like she's under some sort of effect, let me see if I can figure out what..."<br/><br/>She'd take a few moments, studying the sphinx from afar with Detect Magic, before declaring, "Judging from the aura, she seems to be trapped by a Sepia Snake Sigil... a nasty trap, the binds the victim in stasis for about a week, depending on the caster's strength. She also looks badly hurt... I can probably dispel it, since it doesn't look very powerful, and has nearly expired, but... I think she'll be nearly dead, judging from the, ahh, arrows, sticking out of her."<br/><br/>