The statues were also missing from the hall inside the temple, making the large space feel empty. This feeling of emptiness was only worsened by the darkness caused partially by the missing statues, which veiled the room and caused Gus's mind to ponder what could lie in wait in a confusing contradiction.
*Reactive Mission: The First Temple.*
The silence that had fallen over the group was broken by Joel speaking suddenly. "This might sound like I'm just trying to sound optimistic, but is it at all possible that the statues aren't here in this temple because they were never here in the first place? Perhaps there was something else defending it, or maybe the creators thought that this one never needed any form of defence in the first place."