Chapter 11

A Shark's-Eye View of the Feast

The sharks, depicted with comical efficiency, coordinate their attack. Their 'buffet leader' directs the feeding frenzy, emphasizing the indifferent, almost bureaucratic nature of nature's cruelty.

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The sea, usually a vast and indifferent expanse, was currently the scene of a gastronomic event of epic proportions. Below the shimmering surface, a rather exclusive, if somewhat chaotic, buffet was in full swing. The star of the show, a marlin of truly magnificent proportions, was being systematically dismantled. And orchestrating this macabre feast? A council of sharks, whose operations were less about primal hunger and more about… well, efficient resource management.

"Alright, listen up, you lot!" barked Bartholomew, a great white whose dorsal fin had seen better days and a few too many close encounters with fishing lures. He was, by all accounts, the designated 'Buffet Leader.' His voice, a series of clicks and guttural grumbles, somehow conveyed an air of authority that was both terrifying and, if one were being entirely honest, a tad bureaucratic. "Sector Alpha, you’re on flank duty. No stragglers getting away with even a tail fin. Bartholomew Junior, that means you. I saw you eyeing that pectoral fin like it was your personal pension fund."

A younger, sleek shark, Bartholomew Junior, flinched slightly. "But… but Papa, it's so plump!"

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