"Is everyone alright? Everyone still standing that is."
James looked at the other, then at the beetles, and then motioned towards the room that seemed to repel them. "No use mourning over the foolish. Get going already, they're just waiting for us to be an easier target." Doing his best to make sure Wilmet went along, he ran over to the safe place. James then looked at the others in the room, groaning over the fact that the Goliath was just taking... so much room. He scowled.
Why couldn't it just have died already?
And now that the thing had saved the remaining girl, it seemed it might have won her favour, which could mean making the other realize how dangerous and stupid the thing was would prove difficult. He looked at Godric, making sure the knight was okay -he also looked at the man whose name he didn't know yet, he too could be useful and should be protected- and folded his arms.
"Anyhow, is there a way out of here?" He glanced before him, where he saw a quite large statue, an inhuman one with a threatening gaze. There was an altar in front of it, and it reminded him of something he had read before. He muttered it under his breath.
"Let those who would pass, show humility before Zosiel."
Did we ever do anything with that text? Is it even significant?
It could be worth a shot. "So, is this related to the other statues? Is this Zosiel? Or is it just a statue with some sort of switch on it?" He kept muttering to himself, making his way towards it to examine it further, being careful not to trigger anything, speaking so quietly it probably sounded like gibberish to anyone else. However, he needed to say it aloud, if only to himself. He needed to hear his own voice, and make sure he was okay.
"Does it have any writing on it? Is it the thing keeping the beetles from entering? Why? Is it a trap? Is it safety? Does it have any significance, or have we wandered into the wrong room? Is that my fault? If we've walked the wrong place, and she died, did I murder her? Does that matter? She was a weak-link, unable to act, she shouldn't have come if she was this unprepared... and I didn't kill her. I warned them, I said there was something bad here. I thought it was in the water, but at least I tried... No, no, this isn't helping, I don't care about someone like that. I need to look for bad stuff, because I don't think the others are capable of doing it."