it's 1908, Auklet was being carried in an enclosed palanquin to the Forbidden City, her retainer help her out of the palanquin and taken to throne room, there she saw her, the last of the Manchus, the Empress of all China, and the small dragonet is terrified "Humph, murrr.." Auklet went nervously, running behind a pillar to avoid the Empress's gaze, Auklet's retainer bows in deep apology to the Empress, then he stands and tries to make Auklet get closer to the Dragon Throne