The last time she watched him was when he was five, she brought him paper and crayons, and sat on a picnic table under a pecan tree while Leo drew. He didn't poke the snake, and it disappeared into the grass. When he was four, she found him a rattlesnake from a cow pasture, gave him a stick, and told him to poke it to show that he was brave, and the Fates were right to choose him. She kept showing up at his house, and when he was three, she let him play with knives, saying that he needs to learn his blades someday if he wanted to be her hero someday. When Esperanza came home, she was furious, went to take Leo from the flames, and yelled, "How could you?", but she disappeared. He didn't know what the language was at the time. He dreamed of being on a boat made of fire, and Tia Callida sang him lullabies as he slept, in Greek. He remembered sleeping comfortably, grabbing sparks. She nestled him in blankets and laid him in what Leo thought were red and yellow pillows, but was actually a fireplace.
He gave Leo his blessing and said he was special, like Hazel was, Leo was too, she decided to lay Leo down for a nap, and said she wanted to see if he was her brave little hero. He told him to apologize for selling the diamond and that the diamond came with a curse: she never saw her again. He then told Leo to tell Hazel that he was sorry, and told him to help her. He told his great-grandson as Esperanza stood concerned and said that Dona Callida warned him that Hazel's danger would not happen in his lifetime, but he promised that he would be there for her. Sammy told him about Hazel, and said he wouldn't live to see her again. He was overjoyed to see him and held him, chuckling and tickling his chin. When he was a baby, his mom took him to see his bisabuelo (great grandfather), Sammy Valdez.
He was the first child of Hephaestus to control fire born in centuries. Unlike most of his half-siblings, Leo can control fire. Leo was born in Houston, Texas to the mechanic Esperanza Valdez and the blacksmith god Hephaestus. 2.3.1 Leo Valdez and the Quest for Buford.
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