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[Puppet citizens gather in the streets as colorful fireworks explode over the
city. The scene then changes to a room in the palace: a young white peacock
experiments with the gunpowder. A small explosion from the bowl surprises
him, and then he smiles darkly. Shen's mother and father witness this outside
his room, and look at each other with concern.]
NARRATOR: But their son, Lord Shen, saw darker power in the fireworks. What
had brought color and joy could also bring darkness and destruction.
[The scene switches to the throne room: Shen's parents watch as the court
soothsayer puts two items into a small bowl and an apparition emerges. In
the apparition, a white peacock is consumed by a yin yang symbol.]
[Shen watches the scene from behind a pillar. He scowls and exits the
palace with a small army of wolves.
NARRATOR: The young lord set out to change his fate, but what he did
next... only sealed it.
NARRATOR: Shen returned to his parents full of pride, but in their faces, he
only saw horror.
[Outside the palace gates, Shen and his parents stand on opposite sides.
Shen's father signifies that Shen is banished.]
[Shen furiously says words back before departing with his wolves. Shen's
parents' shoulders slump as they watch their son leave.]
NARRATOR: But Shen swore revenge: Someday, he would return, and all of
China would bow at his feet.
[A door to the shadow puppet scene closes and then cuts to a foundry in
the mountains. A pack of wolves are seen heaving, pounding, and burning
metal. One of the wolves, a large soldier with one eye, jumps over to Shen
and bows.]