Bad Blood: Latter-Day Olympians
“—Lenny Rialto, second generation, Rialto Bros. Circus You could have knocked me over with a feather.
“Huh?” I asked cleverly.
She gave a half-bow from her chair. “I am a direct descendent of Liu Lei.”
“I’m sure that should mean something to me, but I have to confess—”
“Damn Eurocentric country,” Lau said, back to her irascible self as she cut me off. “Liu Lei, the dragon tamer.”
Clear as mud. “Um.”
Lau rolled her eyes. “Reader’s Digest version—Liu Lei, born during the Xia Dynasty with the a...bility to tame and ride dragons, given charge of King Kong Jia’s four beasts. Unfortunately, one died in his care. Not his fault; if it’s a dragon’s time to go, there’s nothing anyone can do about it. His dishonor was being too cowardly to come forward. Anyway, the family fell out of royal favor,” which I guessed was a euphemism for was forced to flee the country, “but the ability continued to breed true.”
She hadn’t laughed at me—well, okay, she had.MoreLess
“Huh?” I asked cleverly.
She gave a half-bow from her chair. “I am a direct descendent of Liu Lei.”
“I’m sure that should mean something to me, but I have to confess—”
“Damn Eurocentric country,” Lau said, back to her irascible self as she cut me off. “Liu Lei, the dragon tamer.”
Clear as mud. “Um.”
Lau rolled her eyes. “Reader’s Digest version—Liu Lei, born during the Xia Dynasty with the a...bility to tame and ride dragons, given charge of King Kong Jia’s four beasts. Unfortunately, one died in his care. Not his fault; if it’s a dragon’s time to go, there’s nothing anyone can do about it. His dishonor was being too cowardly to come forward. Anyway, the family fell out of royal favor,” which I guessed was a euphemism for was forced to flee the country, “but the ability continued to breed true.”
She hadn’t laughed at me—well, okay, she had.MoreLess
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