The monocled rat adjusted his eyewear. “I propose we gnaw the structural integrity of the Dean’s new Tesla .”
“Savages,” the rat would mutter, chewing thoughtfully. “Absolute savages.” RATOS-A- DE ACADEMIA -
They called themselves Ratos-a-de Academia —The Academic Rats. The monocled rat adjusted his eyewear
The rats held an emergency assembly inside the wall cavity of Lecture Hall D. Hundreds of them gathered, whiskers trembling. El Jefe banged a thimble for order. The rats held an emergency assembly inside the
Alba, listening through the wall, coughed. “Or,” she said, “I could just present your work to the University Board.”
The monocled rat sniffed. “We grade all the papers. Someone has to. Your colleague, Professor Pacheco, has been awarding A’s for work that misspells ‘epistemology’ as ‘epistemo-logy.’ With a hyphen. A hyphen , Dr. Mendoza. We are not barbarians.”