Interlude: Tap, Tap, click

Interlude: Tap, Tap, click

tap tap tap...The rapid sound of fingers drumming on the floor.

click, clickclick...cklick The sound claws lightly tapping on the bars of a cage.

Tap: New prisoner.

Tap: You aren't sleeping. Tail twitching. Humor.N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.

Click: Stupid tail, doesn't always do what I want.

Tap: You have purring undercontrol at least, humor.

Click: more sleep, not humor, new one is spy, don't talk

Click: I smell food!

Tap: New one is food. Is rat.

Click: not food, food is scallops wrapped in bacon.

Tap: Work together? not code, not one of us. Spy?

Click: Spy, emphasis

Tap: Testing

Click: and test failed. Is spy. Is dragon minion. Stuck like us. Spy. Don't talk. Keep others safe.

Tap: Rat does not like harsh truth of trap Humor

Tap: Does not learn. Asks again. Ignoring.

Tap: Spy. Trapped us. Family safe not talk

Tap: Scared lonely scared

Tap: cheese addict exclamation

Click: So much cheese addict Humor Rat cheese addict Much Humor

Tap: Like cat mousey addict query humor

Click: Not exclamation humor exclamation claws exclamation

Tap: talks too much exclamation

Tap: frustration talks truth frustration

Click: Gives information frustration stupid rat cheese addict minion

Tap: Sucking up to boss, minion behavior

Tap: Our usefullness ended, life short,offer work?

Click: offer work emphasis make bargain

Click: Hate rat frustration.

Tap: Humor You talked again.Humor

Click: frustration rat frustration enemy frustration trapped

Click: rat engaging boss query?

Tap: boss reveals, listening good

Click: listen clever learn

Tap: Useful rat query

Click: Stupid tasty rat. listen learn be free

Tap: be free