[He just sort of stares for a moment. He had a good, up-and-personal look at the statue up in Ravenclaw dormitory not that long ago.]

This, um, this isn't his doing. Hello.

[He grins a bit.]

It's not a tapestry, actually. It's, um... [How exactly does one explain technology to someone from 1000 year ago, roughly speaking? ...idea! Good thing James and Sirius were such troublemakers, honestly.] It's a bit like a two-way mirror, so one may speak with someone else not in the room with them.