A few weeks ago I puttered over to the kitchen as usual, got my pots and pans out, and started making dinner.

I was going to cook fish that evening, and I had taken an unidentified fish out of the freezer earlier in the morning to defrost.

When I set the fish-with-no-name onto the chopping board, something didn’t look quite right. The fish felt a bit heavier in my hands, and a bit…. fuller.

As I examined it further, my heart stopped.

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