... it's a metaphor. There's no actual fish involved. [It's like talking to young Jesse again, he swears to whatever god there is.]

And of course we'll have to listen when they start. Because we'll be made out to be heartless and uncaring for turning a blind eye to it.
Which is why it's good to preemptively dig nails into it before it starts.

None of us are in charge of it. And it's no job of any of ours.

I'm not playing hero. And noone else should, either.