When he turns away from her, she sighs, but it's small and almost imperceptible - she's trying hard to put on a brave face. It's not easy to do as they approach the new statue, though.

In spite of the way this statue's expression is benevolent... Chizuru can't help but feel a little uneasy. Maybe it's because that other statue had just been stalking them. Maybe it's because being on any kind of an altar, even one more comfortable like this, is unnerving after having woken up naked on a different altar.

There is an inscription - this one not at the base but on a marble slab set into the ground to be visible from the altar.

life is the domain of the Goddess
death is the domain of the Reaper

kneel, traveler, and speak your desires

if you seek to interfere with these domains
then prepare to give something in return

the Goddess rewards those who willingly give

each life is measured by the passage of time
to lengthen the old, bring forth the new