MicroFic

[curgoth]

The TV flashed and blared, a barrage of computer generated imagery flickering while a confident male announcer proclaimed;

Out on the open water, a rod in your hands - it just doesn't get any better than Fishing the Flats!

I blinked and paused. What if he's right? What if Fishing the Flats! is the very best that we, as a species, can achieve?

And then the line goes crazy! The Captain calls that "Happy Bait" - that means the bait's seen something coming for it!

What if we're all just "happy bait"?

Are you Happy?