“They were brought in a black plastic ball. Several garbage bags, nested one inside the other, were inflated with air, filled with water, and wrapped with tape. A planet packed for relocation. The out of breath man slammed the ball onto the floor. The toothless cook Semyon slashed with a knife, and his Tajik assistant Khalmurod deftly grabbed the diverging, settling polyethylene. Water flowed from the wound. Semyon widened the hole, took a net, began scooping it up and throwing it into a plastic tray. Semyon bathed his preschooler son in exactly the same one. The fish did not flutter. They flopped on their sides and swam like that. Semyon overloaded everyone. The water from the bag was drained. The bag was crumpled and put into a bucket...”