Hal took his time to commend the trio of Marla, Rita, and Karmen on a job well done before he took off into the air until he was at the same level in height as Phaedra who was finally making headway in dousing the flames in her body.
Hal had theories on why the flames were much more lasting inside her body despite her being a four-star transcendent expert and it was mostly to do with how they had even struck her in the first place (Rita's manipulation of her destiny) as well as latching on to some sort of sexual frustration she might be feeling.
Hal opened a portal into the Harem space and had it swallow both he and Phaedra but rather than just drop them outside of the mansion, they were dumped inside it.
Phaedra marveled at the elegance of the mansion's architecture but she kept any awe she might have felt all to herself.
She was quite angry after all...