(I'VE BEEN HERE A WHILE, BUT THIS IS MY FIRST TIME POSTING SO PLEASE BE GENTLE WITH ME. AS YOU WOULD BE WITH A NEWBORN QUAN.)
SO REMEMBER
THAT TIME WAY BACK WHEN WE WERE ENLIGHTENED AS TO THE TRUE NATURE OF SIMA YI'S INEXPLICABLY HAWT OFFSPRING? WELL RECENT DEVELOPMENTS HAVE GOT ME THINKING THAT ZHONGDA WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WITH SECRETS...
CASE IN POINT:
THIS. XIAHOU BA. LOOK AT THAT FACE. LIKE IT WAS CARVED BY ANGELS.
NOW KOEI IS LEADING US TO BELIEVE THAT HIS ROYAL BISHIENESS UP THERE SPRANG FORTH FROM THE LOINS OF... WELL, THIS:
NO. JUST NO.
(ALTHOUGH IF THEY WERE RELATED, THEN IT'S NO WONDER THE KID WEARS A HELMET - PROBABLY TO STOP PEOPLE'S MINDS EXPLODING FROM THE SHEER REALITY.)
DOUBTLESS THE UNFORTUNATE MOTHER WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THESE GORGEOUS LADY TYPES:
BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "0.01% LIKELIHOOD OF OCCURRING" AND "IMPOSSIBLE".
SO, RULING OUT GENETIC ENGINEERING, WHO DID FATHER THIS FINE SHINY SPECIMEN OF A YOUTH? DISCUSS!