"Right. I'm sure you'll do everything in your power to make her hate me," he said sarcastically. With what power? She wasn't going to have any very soon. But when Zatanna came back and if her powers were still gone because of this? Stephen could restore them in an instant. Her powers filtered out of her into the tiny jewel in the center of the Eye, where it would be kept safe and sound until its master could reclaim it.
Once he was finished, he released the bonds on her, where he caught her as she fell out of them.