Even though he knew what to expect, Amadeus still would not have been surprised if all of a sudden they heard 'we're sorry but your call could not be completed as dialed'. Instead, the blood stirred in answer to Rhys' request and then went still once more.
Amadeus frowned. Well, that was a perfectly good waste of blood now wasn't it?
At the same time, it wasn't because there was more he could do with it. It was why he had brought other supplies with him. Other things that letting go of Rhys's hand he tossed into the bowl with everything else. "You're still close enough to having been Embraced that the sire and fledging connection is still there between you. Or rather it is if Henry is still alive. I'm going to pull on it. If it still exists then it will burn through your veins for a moment. It's gone dead then you'll feel the ice-cold emptiness of where it should have been."
This was one of the reasons he had decided to keep Rhys' alive when he first had the option. He wouldn't have been able to do a spell like this without the childe to connect to the sire. He just hadn't done it at first because either way, it would going to hurt like a bitch.
He snapped his fingers so that the whole thing caught on fire. The flames danced and flickered for a moment before they flared white and then died out. Amadeus looked over at Rhys expectantly to see what his reaction was.