I'm working with a guy, who is like my colleague Phill, on a project in the parlor of my parents' house. It's like we are repairing an old shelf of dark wood, by the entryway.

Nearby is a bucket, and in the bucket are some crawdads, and some fish, which I call grouper. My friend is going to eat them a little later, but for now, they are just sitting there in this dry bucket.

The crawdads aren't like normal crawdads, though, they are cute with fuzzy heads. I stop and pet them. I feel bad for them, and I think I should tell my friend just to put some water in there so they won't be suffering until he is ready to eat them, but he already dumped out the pond water, so the only available water would be chlorinated. It seems like it would be painful on their eyes and joints, so that would be even worse.