"Catch up...?" Sphix glanced at the skirts and shrugged. "I recall you saying you can change the size of your clothes. Why, if I could do something like that, I wouldn't bother trying them on. But suit yourself."

She took another look around her, but the salesgirl from earlier wasn't anywhere on clear sight. "I might go somewhere else", the sphinx said, "or I might not. Perhaps I will remain here and wait for our new friend to get back. Unless I can think of something better to do."