the kneejerk reaction to rats eating the king and sitting on his throne is “its bad”, but if you value scurrying and tiny pink hands it’s actually very good
similarly the knee-jerk reaction to rats deserting a sinking ship is “it’s bad” but honestly what are rats supposed to do to help a sinking ship? can a rat even carry a bucket to bail out water? why should they stay if all they can do there is drown. does every ship rat swear an oath to go down with the ship like they’re the captain or something