Aw gee going all red..
Thanks catprog. Sorry I've not added, I did see your update but I'm thinking we hit a bit of a wall. I never thought of sphinxes but I do enjoy the branch... I think if we continue we might take a few steps back and explore from where the narration was the strongest.
One of my mistakes in many of my parts is the escalation of power and events. Once you start introducing gods as living beings it gets a bit weird. Not to say I didn't enjoy writing about Bast ;)
Often a good tf story is the unknown with little explained In my humble opinion.