Light it up

Gilda firmly believed that Pythia's lack of sight gave her superpowers in other ways, so when her sister seemed to be pulled towards the stone, Gilda made sure to gravitate with her sister, within grabbing distance, just in case someone tried to, she didn't know, levitate her off the earth or something.

As for the carving face? Gilda wiped the blood that was dripping from her face reflexively before sticking her blood-soaked paw into the screaming mouth hole and feeling around. "'S hollow, I dunno about a bamboo stalk..." Surely her paw should be visible through one of the holes in the side of the spire by now? She angled her head to try and catch a glance...

"speech"