As Cadmus stares at this statue, he can't help but feel as though something within the statue was looking back at him. It felt like that statue was alive, but he doesn't know how that could be possible! Could this figure have actually been a victim of petrification? No, the platformed base suggests otherwise: That it was always stone, and was simply carved to look like that. 

When Cadmus turns around, he sees another inexplicable sight in the Orchard. It's something he's heard children of the Moonpetal Gathering talk about, but was always dismissed as just their imaginations.

A stag with impossibly golden fur! It looks like it had been grazing, but now it is staring at Cadmus. As their eyes meet, the stag chews on the bits of grass in its mouth. 

What does Cadmus do?