magisternihil's 100-word story for May 26, 2025

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 26, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Well, this is humiliating. Look, I get it, you're a simple-minded human and you have trouble keeping track of things. I've seen you paint numbers on the sheep. Your sense of smell is abysmal, and let's not even get into the fact that you think all of my kind sound alike, but honestly, ear tags? It isn't the pain that's the issue. I can take a brief moment of discomfort, although I do resent all the manhandling. It's just...ear tags? And yellow, at that? Don't you follow trends? Get this thing off and give me a lip ring, man!

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