Choose another statue
"Hello?" you say tentatively.
"Hi," he says back. "I'm Yossel, a prince of
Eljeshanai's court."
"Oh...OK, um, your Highness." You curtsy, but he laughs.
"That's all right; none of that, please! I learned my lesson
about expecting that kind of thing ages ago, and it wasn't much fun.
But listen, I'm only allowed to say so much--Eljeshanai can't have
statues communicating with people too much, you know; would make them
start worshipping artwork or something. You wanna know all about it,
look in the shelf underneath me. There's a letter that explains
it."
With that, Yossel's mouth closes, and you know he's pretty much said
all he's going to. So what do you do?
You want to see if this is for real. You approach another statue, a
young, bright-eyed man in a multicolored robe.
