So he taps it!

Also turns to stone.

The keriol shrieks. Just a little. (A lot.)

Whoops.

Elleira reaches out to touch the stone Thario.

Fortunately, she doesn't also turn to stone. Because wouldn't that be horrible.

He does… crumble a little, though? (Still stone.)

What happens if she moves him away?

Nothing! If she's careful. If she's not careful, he'll crumble a bit more.

Maybe it'll wear off in a while. Anything else of interest in the cave?

Well, there's the glowing platform that the statue's on? Thario touched the statue, not the platform itself.

Thario seems to be missing a bit of his shoe, though. And part of his shirt. From where she so carelessly crumbled him.

Tyler has a look around the rest of the cave.

Those aren't important bits. He'll be fine.

Can she levitate the platform? Possibly after shoving the statue off.

The platform is really rather heavy, at least with the statue on it! And if she shoves the statue off, Thario will start to tip over slightly.

She might want to make sure he doesn't completely fall over. That could be dangerous for his later wellbeing.

Okay, one hand on Thario to steady him, lift the statue off the platform gently and set it down against a wall. Then float the platform over.

She can float the platform!

… Where is she floating it to?

Over closer to Thario. Right by his leg.

It moves the few inches to get to his leg! And taps it.

Nothing seems to happen!

Hmmm.

What if she (carefully) lifts him up and puts him on top?

Then he looks to be in a similar position to how the previous statue was! Except the previous statue had wings.

Thario's keriol continues to whimper. It's moved itself to the edge of the platform.

… You know, the previous statue seems surprisingly, uh, less gray than it did before? And– did one of the wings just twitch a bit?

It'd better not have, if it knows what's good for it.

Apparently– the statue has suddenly decided to go full color and stretch out, flinging off various bits of stone.

It also appears to be a winged woman.

It also appears to collapse immediately after this.

Huh. That's interesting. And potentially a clue. Does the former statue show signs of getting up soon?

After a few moments, yes! She seems to roll onto her side a bit, minding the wing, then get into a seated position and look up at them.

"Hello?" asks Tyler in English.

She looks at him, then tilts her head and frowns. "Theo?"