Man (Fragment: Lunchtime in the Old West)

In one universe, a Jenny Everywhere who was part of Cody's Wild West Show was once accosted by a patronising man dressed “like an eastern dandy”, who blithely asked her if she knew how to shoot, even though she was visibly holding a rifle. Keeping a perfect pokerface, Jenny answersed that she considers herself “no better than the next woman”, tricking him into thinking her a harmless opponent — despite having spoken the exact truth: the woman sitting next to Jenny, whom the man had failed to recognise, was in fact Annie Oakley. (PROSE: Fragment: Lunchtime in the Old West)