Theirs is an easier kind of reciprocation. Rat wants to give back to Marius out of affection, not obligation, but even so he still wants to try and achieve balance in those scales. It is his way of caring, the only way he'd known for a long, long time.

And of course Marius finds a silver lining to Rat's description and he smiles a little into his coffee. "You make it sound like there's a great drama hidden somewhere in there if I look hard enough." He shakes his head. The script is ambitious, but ultimately hackneyed. It will take a truly talented (and argumentative cast) to pull it off.

"The truth is, I need the money. I've been holding out for roles I like but those haven't come very often. I need the work and the exposure." He does like Marius' idea though; Rat is very good at being argumentative. The director had seemed a bit green, easy to push back at.