'Magic' he could tell, was a name in this case, or more likely a nickname, rather than referring to the phenomenon. Perhaps a great mage that they knew from their own world? Clearly someone they cared for in any case.

"Then you may find it rather difficult to get out of the room," he said. "For tis not a hammer or chisel that's required to break these statues, but words. More specifically, words about the person who the statue is made in the image of. I had to speak of a man I detest to get out of mine as well."