[WITCHES]

Nothing quite like a good probing.

Whatever force created the soul gem is neither divine nor infernal. It is not arcane magic in the classical sense, energy that suffices reality that can be called upon with the right rituals. The closest thing to compare it to is raw creative potential. Pure possibility manifested into reality. The gem is a conduit for such a force and is using that power to aid in the gestation of the thing within the gem. When the entity hatches, it will release an absolutely monumental amount of creative power which the gem is designed to direct...

Somewhere else.

The gem's connection to the body is not dissimilar to the way the soul normally interacts with the body. However, it is able to do so from a small distance. If the gem were moved more than a few dozen feet away from Khannie the connection would be lost and she would drop like a puppet with its strings cut.

And in the mean time?

It is using creative power to maintain itself while collecting and amplifying all negative emotions Khannie's experiences. These emotions: fear, anger, anxiety, dread, hopelessness, they're all being fed into the abomination growing in the egg.

Khannie watches Sekhmet pensively.

"Well? Can you get my soul out of that thing?" she asks.