Little Kifi, the fish, gleefully sprang up into the air, gulped some air and flipped her tail. Then dived back into the ocean.
Swimming leisurely along, she reminisced on her recent encounter with another older fish, Azu.
“Your life is tied to the Water. Outside of it, you cease to exist”
“Must be a pitiable state to live” mused Kifi as she recalled the conversation with Azu.
Although, Azu was white and bent with age with glazed over eyes, his senses of hearing and touch were still razor-sharp.
The Renegade
Meanwhile, earlier that day, Azu had noticed Kifi join a school of others who went by a funky name. They tagged themselves ‘The Wokes’.
Led by a renegade herring by the name of Eja. Recently, Eja has began to stir up discontent among the younger school. He encouraged them to become daring. Do more. Be more. Crave more. Eja sold the idea of how their lives in the ocean was boring and there was a better life out there on the shores.
Furthermore, at odd hours when he presumed no one was watching; he would swim away from the sea bed, close enough to the shore to watch the fishermen.
Also, his eyes twinkled when he saw the humans pick some of his mates out of the waters. 
They never returned. Eja’s mind dreamed up all colourful scenarios about life outside. And as is the nature of unsatisfied yearnings, Eja began devising a plot to follow the humans to their exotic lands.
The Caution
However, Old Azu heard about it and went in search of Eja.
“I hear you are dreaming of killing yourself and taking other naive fish along” he began
“Who have you been talking to old one? Eja chuckled
“My source is not important. I have only come to remind you that there is no life outside of these Waters.”
“Get a life old man. Your limiting mindset stinks. No wonder your life is boring. If there is no life outside why do the others who go away not return?” Eja scorned as he glided away
“I promised your father to do my best for you” Azu had gone in search of little Kifi. “This thing with Eja will only lead to trouble” cautioned Azu
“Thank you Old Azu. You have kept your promise to my parents. I can now take care of myself and know what is best for me” Kifi replied cheekily and dived up again for air.
The scapefish
Then that evening, old Azu woke up to a cacaphony.
Eja was surrounded by an angry school lashing out at him.
Turned out he had led a team towards the shore so they could feel the sand on their skin. They did not see the net until it closed. Kifi was among those captured. Her cries were the loudest as she wriggled frantically inside the net. Eja had no idea how he raced back into the safety of the water. From that vantage point, he stared helplessly as Kifi and the others finally suffocated and lay still.
As Azu approached, Eja hung his head in shame.
“I tried to rescue her” he lied
“I tried to warn her about you” Eja angrily remarked
“Constantly reminding her that there is no life outside of the waters. In it we live and move and have our being”
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