[The alloy bounces off...nothing, as far as Phos can tell. The whole mass of it twists and stretches for a moment with their confusion before retracting back into the shape of an arm. Phos eyes it for a moment, disconcerted by whatever that was and the situation in general.

This is frustrating beyond belief. Why doesn't anyone get it?]

He was trying to break them! [They gesture at the statues emphatically. Not those in particular, but. Y'know. Phos assumes these people can make sense of it.] There's already something wrong with them! How cruel do you have to be to try damaging them at this point?