"They do seem to be," Lea agreed. "Though that might be one advantage of having a rat if I can't manage to give it back; namely, it has a cage. Besides, if it did decide to follow me, it'd probably just end up getting stepped on or something, what with there being so many people around. And I don't think anybody wants that." As much as he didn't want the rat as a pet, he didn't want to see it get hurt unnecessarily either.