Except Shang was a boy. He knew he’d get to prove himself one day. And me… Her chest tightened, and she remembered her last dinner at home, the last fight she’d had with her baba. You shouldn’t have to go, she’d said. Mulan! There are plenty of young men to fight for China. It is an honor to protect my country and my family. So you’ll die for honor. I will die doing what’s right! But if you— I know my place! It is time you learned yours.
Mulan remembering her dinner with her dad
