—花木蘭—“It’s a little late for a question like that, don’t you
    think?”

    When Chi Fu rode into Juexhizen armed with conscription no-
    tices, there was no doubt in her mind that someone must go.
    That Mulan, or for that matter her father, might have instead sat
    sipping tea and waiting for calamity to fall on their heads was
    laughable. Unthinkable. Of course, the Huas must serve their
    country. They have a duty to the emperor. What Mulan doesn’t
    admit aloud is that it’s her duty to Bàba that spurred her to action.