“So, how may I help you today?” the manager asked.
The man stuck his chest out and adjusted his belt. “I'm here to exercise my right—in accordance with the eighteen forty-seven exception to the federal statute on dueling and the recent Supreme Court's decision to regard First Capital Bank as a person under the law—to challenge this institution to a sword fight, over which the fate of my mortgage shall be decided.”
The bank manager pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed. “We got another one!” he yelled.
A few feet away, a barely visible door creaked open.
Vladislav Fyodorov, disgraced former fencing world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist, emerged.
— Bastian Espada