He's starting to get the sense that two glows is an affirmation - if he's right, that makes communication a little easier, at least.

And then the needle in his mind is back, more insistent than before, accompanied by images of unfamiliar crystals. The connection leaves as quickly as it had come, and he takes the moment to breathe, and process, and try to figure out what it meant, and- the statue's hands are glowing. That...has to have something to do with it.

"The crystals will help her?" he tries, because that's what makes the most sense so far. "Does she need to touch them?"