I used to live with my grandpa who raised Bettas for the local Betta fighting circuit. He used to keep them in shot glasses and dump them into rocks glasses for “close quarters combat training”.

The winners he’d breed with the females who he kept with Angel fish to keep them tough. It’s said only the baddest of bad bitch Bettas can kill an angel fish.

The result was he bred only the strongest males with only the strongest females. This went on for generations and my grandad made a fortune. The things that happen in the backrooms at karaoke bars would shock you. The drugs, the women… the violence.

He would up in massive trouble after he fell in love with the daughter of a Yakuza boss.

They broke into his home and tied him up and threw him in his hot tub. They dumped all his males into the the tub after chumming the water with blood worms.

I’ve seen some horrible things in my time but I’ll never forget his screams as the Bettas skeletonized my poor grampa. They were quicker than you’d think. But it still took them 10 minutes to kill him.

A fitting end for a fish abuser if you ask me.