Talk:Rat Whispers/@comment-16533050-20190220103854/@comment-26199726-20190220165835

Another explanation for rats still having the plague in their collective memory is that the Pandyssian Bull Rat as carrier of the disease might differ from the rats we know, for instance in life expectancy. I think they're said to be cleverer than ordinary rats, a reputation that might be due to them living longer and thus learning more in their lives.

And why would stowaway rats not reference sewers and streets that were in a different city? To them, one would be as good as the other, or they might not even be able to tell the difference - they'd just know they were in the streets for a while, then in a metal cage on water, then in streets again.