Eldarin gave a slight nod to himself. He wasn't sure why the stone making up the statue itself looked weaker than the weapon it wielded, but he was sure to take advantage of it as best he could. Of course if even the weaker looking stone proved too tough for his blade he would either resort to magic or fleeing, but one step at a time. Eldarin delicately took a step closer to the statue, placing himself in range of another swing. He would have to get the statue to expose itself to allow him a adequate blow. Before the statue could react to his presence he lashed out with his long-sword in a quick thrust at the statue's face. He anticipated a block with the shield as it would be the simplest motion. If the statue did just that he would change the thrust into a sudden chop at the stone wrist that held the sword, aiming to sever it if possible. Otherwise he would have to adapt on the fly to whatever the statue decided to do.