There would be no moving Yves now, not until this last duel was resolved. [...] For him everything now depended on this man to man encounter, from head to foot he was quivering with partisan passion. Both Cadfael and Elyas felt it and were infected by it, and stared as he stared upon this tall, agile, slender person poised with spread feet at the top of the steps. For all his smoke-soiled visage and common country garments, Cadfael knew him again.
And no one meddled, not even Hugh, who might have intervened by virtue of his office. Between his men and these thieves and murderers there would be no more fighting until this fight was over. There was that about the challenge that forbade interference.
And no one meddled, not even Hugh, who might have intervened by virtue of his office. Between his men and these thieves and murderers there would be no more fighting until this fight was over. There was that about the challenge that forbade interference.
—The Virgin In The Ice on the duel between Olivier de Bretagne and Alain le Gaucher
Mook: Look- Takao-ensei is going to duel the intructor of the Itsuki school!
Second Mook: I need to witness this!
Third Mook: Come on!
Fourth Mook: His technique is inspiring!
Usagi (flabbergasted): What?
Second Mook: I need to witness this!
Third Mook: Come on!
Fourth Mook: His technique is inspiring!
Usagi (flabbergasted): What?
—Usagi Yojimbo (2019) #21
Megatron: They all stopped to watch, didn't they? On Sherma Bridge...My Decepticons, your Autobots. They all stopped to watch us fight.
Optimus Prime: Wait a second - Which arm?
Megatron: The cannon arm. You always go for the cannon arm.
Optimus Prime: Wait a second - Which arm?
Megatron: The cannon arm. You always go for the cannon arm.
—Transformers vol. 1 #22 Chaos Theory Part One, Optimus Prime and Megatron reminisce about their first ever duel as leaders of the Autobot and Decepticon armies.
