[He almost says he'll join her, but she's already made her leap before he can do so, leaving him to chuckle softly in her wake. Far be it from him to hold her back from such enthusiasm; it's good to see her adventuring spirit in full swing, the excitement she'd shown upon their arrival seeming to have returned in full.

In the meantime, he begins to examine the statue from different angles, preparing to pull his journal from his satchel so that he can make notes on his observations, but Amelia's voice calls to him and grabs his attention instead, and his notebook remains untouched as he makes his way towards the edge she'd leapt from just a few moments before.]

This, I simply must see!

[He takes a leap of his own, using a spell to slow his own descent and landing soundly beside her, one knee bent as he catches himself with a hand against the ground before returning to his full height and proceeding to join her.]

A different source... more and more curious as we go along, isn't it?

[If only he knew that he sounds like a certain young heroine when he says such things...]

Excellent eye, Amelia. Let's see— [He surveys the immediate area, noting where the sheen is a bit more concentrated, and points it out before walking along the edge of the pool.] There, I'd like to examine that more closely.