The last chapter was incredibly short, wouldn't you agree?
Expectations
If there's anything I've learned in life, it's not to have expectations.
Now, you might find that strange, coming from someone like me, but I've realized that it's a very wise conclusion.
My tribe expects a lot out of me and my husband. We are two of the most powerful warriors this forest has ever known, and yet we were beaten by a scrawny "man" with a feather duster.
Yes, a man whose body is so pathetically weak that he couldn't break a child's nose defeated my husband seven times in battle. In seven skirmishes he led the Shu army into our lands, outwitting us at every turn. We even had the Great Chief Wu Tugu fighting alongside us, and even then we were defeated.
You'd expect that my husband, with his powerful claws and robust, massive body would easily crush Zhuge Liang if my husband tried to pat him on the back, and yet Zhuge Liang defeated us.
That most certainly dashed my expectations.
You'd also expect our tribe, with our powerful elephants, to make short work of the Shu army, even with Zhuge Liang's wiles, but warriors like Zhao Yun were able to hold us off and eventually capture us in combat. How's that for breaking expectations?
Now we are beaten, and Zhuge Liang tells us to behave and stay in our forest. We will never be able to prove ourselves to these northerners, and they will constantly laugh at us and claim that we are "barbarians."
Tch, those who fight dishonorably, using traps and ambushes to win their battles instead of genuine might and honest tactics are the real "barbarians."
But I can only say such things, a pity I cannot act on them.
Just you wait, Zhuge Liang. If you dare laugh at us to our faces, do not expect yourself to leave our sights... Alive...!
Zhu Rong
