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They called themselves Ratos-a-de Academia —The Academic Rats.

“Excuse me,” Alba whispered. “Did you just grade my student’s paper?” RATOS-A- DE ACADEMIA -

“Page one hundred forty-two: ‘The verb ‘to be’ in Mycenaean Linear B…’—incorrect. The dative plural is missing the iota subscript. Fail. ” The dative plural is missing the iota subscript

Alba, listening through the wall, coughed. “Or,” she said, “I could just present your work to the University Board.” “Or,” she said, “I could just present your

Alba became their reluctant collaborator. She brought them cheese rinds and, in return, they alerted her to grade inflation scandals, falsified data, and one memorable occasion when a visiting scholar tried to pass off a Wikipedia article as his own research. (The rats ate his laptop cable at 3 AM, then gnawed the word “FRAUD” into his leather briefcase.)

Sor Juana raised a paw. “Too crude. We are academics, not vandals. I propose we leak his expense reports .”