But what happens if the walleye decide to seek revenge on Rick? Drag him to the depths for his crimes against fishkind? I’ve got the impression it’s maybe a lot of crimes. Am I supposed to live as a digital hermit forevermore, in that event?
Ben cringes the minute he sends the message, horror offering the clarity that coffee might have provided if only he’d been wise enough to make some. What a perfectly deranged thing for him to say to this virtual stranger—Rick’scrimesagainstfishkind? Adigital hermit forevermore? What was Benthinking? He wishes fervently that he could unsend it, but as he’s trying to figure out if that’s possible, a reply pops up from Pete. And somehow, upon reading it, Ben finds himself helplessly drawn into an absurd conversation, not entirely sure how it’s happening even as he’s typing his replies.
PETE:
LOLLLLLLLLL
PETE:
he IS lake placid’s most wanted
PETE:
but the fish can’t draw a very good likeness, so we might be safe here. they’ll never ID him from the poster
BEN:
You’re very quick to assume you know what the world looks like to a fish.
BEN:
Maybe the posters are capturing the fish-eye view. There’s a lens named after them and everything, you know. The artwork could be incredibly representational, to a fish.
PETE:
how are you suggesting they capture him? capsize the boat? rain of walleye?
BEN:
Maybe they could enlist the help of the other local fishes. Surely they all must bear some sort of grudge by now. I don’t know the man that well, but he’s still managed to tell me countless stories of fish murder. They probably all want a piece.
PETE:
LOL. this has escalated rapidly to all-out fish war
BEN:
I mean, he does by all accounts seem to be a fish war criminal.
PETE:
am i a fish war criminal? for cooking so many of them?
BEN:
If you are, then I am, too. Maybe we all have something to fear from aquatic wildlife
PETE:
probably best to avoid the sea entirely, just to be safe
BEN:
Lake Placid is famously a lake.
PETE:
LOL. so true
