Battle of arrays, crisis revealed

The silver puppet disappeared after smashing the stone statue, and when it reappeared, it had returned to its original grid.
Obsideus Skipper lowered his head with bloodshot eyes. He now knew that the stone statue below was probably connected to his life.
The pain of simply breaking a statue was greater than his first medicinal bath.
But he also understood how to control the puppet below.
He no longer controlled his wound and let the blood flow downwards along the spikes.
Blood...