The whale’s top jaw is toothless, bleach-white gums pitted with holes for sleeving the lower jaw’s teeth when not in use. They are definitely in use: a U-shape of chipped, broken, yellow cattle horns as thick as Jay’s wrists. He and the squid are being sucked right into them. The squid gets there first. The whale’s mouth half closes, teeth snagging the tubular mantle and a wreath of tangled arms.

