"While I could certainly see that, ugh-- I think it's more specific than that." Lyall looks about for anyone who might appear to be listening to them before explaining. "I've been here for almost an hour now... I think their purpose is just to make them seem more amazing. That, and to advertize."

He's a little disgusted at that one. Not as disgusted as the wolf warning statue, but in a very different way. Using "magic", or whatever it is, to sell a product? Either that product must be awfully involved in this whole "invasion" thing, or else this Thunder Corporation was even more petty and unscrupulous than most other big businesses. He's almost curious what that product is, if just to see what might be so important about it.