O-oh… okay. [Mika laughs a little, mostly at himself for jumping to conclusions, but there’s still an uneasy edge to it.] I thought ya might be th’ person in charge here. Don’t think I’ve seen anyone else yet…

[The casual offer of help, though, does far more to ease Mika’s shyness and trepidation. He beams, already slotting this new person into the ‘nice’ category with very little hesitation.]

Really, ya wanna? That’d be great! I didn’t know t’ bring any tools or nothin’, but it’d be nice t’ get at least one all tidied up.

[He really did feel bad for the poor statues. Even if the ones uncovered left him with kind of a weird feeling, that wasn’t so important. Easy to ignore. Being neglected for so long had to feel much worse.]