As the years passed and Jupiter got older, he got bored.
He was always performing shows about 10 times a day.
It was fun at first but, after a couple of shows, it just got old.
He started chewing on the metal bars that separated tanks,
chewing on the concrete,
banging his head on the concrete,
banging his nose on
everything, creating a self mutilating wound.
He'd also playfully tug trainers into the water,
just because he was quite bored. He never hurt them,
he just wanted company and attention.
He wanted to be home.
Jupiter was now 10.
He wished his mother could've watched him grow.
But now she probably wouldn't
be able to recognize him and probably forgot about him.
He paced around his tank, swimming in circles,
trying to figure out a way to get to his family as the trainers talked about how
'Jupiter isn't acting the way
he usually did 6 years ago'.
He misses his family.
The orcas he shared a tank with were not his family,
he never considered them close to family.
He was alone.
He wanted to escape...
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Unfettered
Short StoryAnother step into trying to spread awareness about captive marine mammals. I do want to put a Trigger warning as there is slight animal abuse, self harm, death, refrenced bullying, severe health conditions, mentions of injuries and implied saddening...
