"..told me about them before. I wonder why he's talking to the elder?"
The girl sets you down gently, before looking again. "Not that a stone like you would know, but.." She pauses for a minute. "He looks like a mercenary, too. Maybe he's gonna make the roads safer!"
well safer roads are always a plus.
That'd be nice! Say, uh, give us a refresher on who you are.
Hello!
So apparently we're a talking stone. Feel free to throw us into a river or whatever.
Hi, where are we? who are you? can you here us?
Actually, a stone like us really would know. Tell us more.
Do you talk to inanimate objects often? Well, not inanimate I guess.
You look familiar. Would you happen to be traveling with an elf?
I'm betting they're discussing payment for services rendered right now. You should sneak up and see if you're about to be sold into slavery!