"Actually, it isn't any sort of magic that lets me pick up and touch various objects."  Ellen answered Dexter, deciding to reveal a little more about herself.  He had figured out most of it on his own, after all.  "It took a little training, but I can interact with objects rather easily.  They turn incorporeal when I pick them up, though, and I still can't interact with living beings."<br/><br/>And of course, she listened with great interest when he explained about the statue's composition and the weapons that had been made from it over the years.  So then, adamantine dispelling weapons, eh?  Those could certainly be quite useful, against most opponents.  If such a weapon could itself not be enchanted, however, then she was pretty sure she had nothing to fear.<br/><br/>"What about the statue itself?"  She asked, looking up at the colossus again.  "Does anyone know who built it?"