“Sir, it’s an emergency…”
“What is it, Reginald?”
“An emergency’s a situation that’s, well, really bad… And Baron Alphonse’s troops have broken through our outer wall.”
“That’s not possible, Reginald… I designed the wall myself to be impregnable.”
“My name’s Otto.”
“Oh, I’m sorry… I forgot, Otto.”
“Yes, and you forgot about that gap you left in the outer wall’s construction.”
It was a time of constant warfare among petty baronies and even pettier barons. And when it came to being petty, the Baron was, well, let’s say, a perfect example.
“At least I designed an impregnable inner defensive wall.”
“Yes… But your nephew, Mel, forgot to build it.”
“Damn, that nephew of mine’s always forgetting things. He inherited it from my sister, his mother… Well, at least Baron Alphonse’s men will never break into our impregnable tower. I feel safe here, behind its iron door and super-secure door latch.”
“About that latch, sir…”
David Sydney is a physician who writes fiction in and out of the EHR (Electronic Health Record).