Blast, but that at least does theoretically explain it!
I do like the way the story goes there, as you kind of give a plea to the Rat King (that he mostly ignores) on the expectation that, well, it's not the largest junkyard haha, Scrap might get tripped into anyway. So I'm cool with being an honest idiot, haha, and I guess that explains why I'm stuck there.
Thanks for the information and the heads up! I'll still make sure I pop by to hand Scrap any new food options I trip into, of course. ^_^