"I'm likely going to be part time at another theater doing stage crew," Rat explains. He needs to go and sign the contract but he'd been waiting to see how today's audition went. "Apparently this sort of thing is indispensable."

Rat spins the tape around two fingers before letting it pass to his wrist like a bracelet, a subtly present threat.

"She's very powerful. It makes her both fearless...and very kind."