The second prototype draws from Der Rosenkavalier, Richard Strauss’s bittersweet meditation on time, desire, and social performance within the world of Viennese aristocracy. In this scene ("Ist ein Traum, kann nicht wirklich sein"), the Marschallin (Princess Marie Thérèse von Werdenberg), the protagonist, is forced to confront the humiliation and grace of relinquishment as her young lover, Count Octavian, falls in love with Sophie. The visual treatment explores this moment of resignation, the dignity of surrender, and the haunting awareness of time passing through the body just like the sakura's fleeting bloom.