The Fastest Gun in the Veil by Theo Taylor

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The Fastest Gun in the Veil by Theo Taylor

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I sat on the fence with this one for a while before I decided to go with this story in this month's issue. It's a true "first person" shooter, but I couldn't help wondering why in that day and age people still had to duel. It lacked verisimilitude in that respect to me. However, I could pass that off as a "that's just what people do" as a fad or trend. People used to fight formal duels in the past, so I suppose they could again in the future. Plus, I could honestly see the desire to prove he was better/faster in the mind of the protagonist.

Still, some other part of me still says, have someone draw Gideon (great name, by the way) out--then snipe him from a distance, if he's that good.
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