Rat shakes his head, frowning. It's kind of a problem for him, really, since those are the roles he likes. "They were my bread and butter where I came from. Not enough actresses and I was prettier than all of them." He shrugs, "And the women got all the best sonnets and speeches anyway."

But then they'd misinterpreted his interest in androgynous roles as an interest in playing a token part. "Back home was kind of a hellhole."