Loved the depiction of the rats. Fabulously written, great tone. I'd read more from this writer. The applicability of the theme was really clear throughout, but I feel it fell a bit flat at the end there.
Thank you, much appreciated! The end did need a bit of exposition just to tell the story I wanted to tell - so I take your point about things going a bit flat! Cheers for the encouragement (and see my earlier reply about lines like "I'd read more from this writer."! :)