I'm surprised that you don't know. Ah, you know those women with snakes for hair? Those are the mythical medusae! [He stops to snicker to himself.] Pfft-- Mary with snakes as her hair... ah, she'd probably trip all over them...

Anyway, anyway, medusae are known for freezing people who look at them. Mary--that's our friend--she can do that, too, but only if she makes eye contact.

[Slowly he turns his smore stick.] So you're right, you're right. The stories have some truth to them--but they have an awful lot of lies, too.