Kiss of the Maiden by J. D. Brink

Author:J. D. Brink [Brink, J. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fugitive Fiction

On Trident’s Fury, we have a saying.

The first part is, “Everything eats fish.”

It means everything does what it does. If you understand a creature’s nature, or that of the sea or a typhoon, then you won’t be surprised when it comes back and bites you on the ass.

Sharks eat fish, just like us. And if you’re fighting a two-ton monster for its share of dinner, don’t be surprised if you end up being dinner instead.

It’s just the natural way of things.

Generally speaking, this same philosophy can apply to the entire universe, not just the Nine Seas of Trident’s Fury. But off-worlders usually have trouble accepting this point of view, especially those loyal to bureaucracy and money. They believe in man-made systems and their inherent right to own everything that falls under their squinty fields of vision. They seem to think that all the fish in the sea belong to them.

We Tridents don’t see things that way.

I guess that makes us “backward.”

There is a second part to the saying, however.

Most times, those three words—Everything eats fish—express our meaning and acceptance of it. But when it comes down to you or me, the shark or the sharker, when it’s eat the fish or be eaten by one, we add the second part: but I have the harpoon today.

I understand the shark wants to eat me, and that’s all well and good for her, but I ain’t going down its gullet without a fight.

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