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In Brandon, Manitoba, a fancy restaurant is buzzing. With elegant, classical music flowing through the air along with clanging of the silverware and soft muttering among the formal-dressed customers, it is a calm atmosphere. Seated on one of the white-clothed, circular tables is Kale Clague, dressed in a suit and tie. On the other side is his date; they are both silently eating bowls of salad as their appetizer.

Suddenly, a familiar person breezes by them, also wearing a suit and tie. Then the person backs up and peers down at Kale. With his small eyes and large forehead topped with brown hair, it is quick to know that this is Jayce Hawryluk, one of Kale’s teammates.

“Hey, whatcha eating there, Kale?” Jayce asks him with a nod at the bowl.

Kale places his fork in his bowl of leafy greens and peers up at him. “Kale.”

Jayce eyes him awkwardly before turning his head from him, planting his hand on the edge of the table.

Then the narrator is heard saying: “Kale eating kale? Surprising. What's not surprising?”

The scene switches to Reid Duke, who is standing in the upper level of the T-Mobile Arena in his Vegas Golden Knights’ sweat jacket and cap. He is happily holding up his tablet, which is showing a page of his GEICO account with his NHL paycheck.

“How much money Reid Duke save by switching to GEICO,” the narrator continues on.

The scene then switches back to the fancy restaurant with Kale, his silent date, and Jayce.

“Does it bother you that you share the same name as a vegetable?” Jayce asks his teammate.

Before Kale can reply, the captain of the Wheat Kings, Nolan Patrick, approaches the table; he is also in a suit and tie. He takes a good look at his teammate's dish.

“You're eating kale again?” he asks with a cock of his head.

Kale silently shakes his head at his teammate with an unamused expression before resuming eating his bowl of kale.

The words “GEICO” appear across the screen as the narrator conclude with: “Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.”


The End.

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