"Oh, indeed!  It is said that he was born from a stone, straight from the very earth itself."  Wu nodded.  "And he was indeed humble enough to accept a thankless office from the Jade Emperor and pursued it dilligently...at least, right up until some tasteless person pointed out that he would never be promoted, nor thanked, and the other gods regarded him as a simpleton."  He paused thoughtfully.  "Whereupon the Handsome Monkey King declared war on Heaven. And by all accounts won, only to be cheated of his victory by jealous and treacherous godlings.  Most inauspicious."<br/><br/>He blinked at Wei's comment.<br/><br/>"Ah, but flying horses would mean manure falling from the skies!  And it was not his ambitions that brought the Monkey King low, or so I gather."