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Summary
"We don't sell the fish for you to feed them to your cats."
Startled, Lin Ling nearly upends the basket he's holding as he jerkily twists to face the cashier, who's leveling a very impressive judgemental stare at him over the top of her magazine. The overreaction doesn't score him any points given the brow raise and the harsh slant of her mouth.
"I'm not— I wouldn't do that, I just—" Lin Ling runs a hand shakily through his hair, fumbling for an excuse. "What, uh. What kind of fish is this? I've never seen it before."
The cashier narrows her eyes. "The placard below the tank should tell you."
There is indeed a placard below the tank. He sees the price first — whether or not it's expensive he has no idea, the only fish he's ever bought have already been cooked — then the small line of text beneath that, which reads:
Nice fish. Labroides perfectus.
This has to be a joke.
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