fridgewitch:

Antonio: Your rats talk about you a lot, you know.

Bruno: Well they’re not really MY rats, I mean-

Antonio: They think you’re a really hard worker, and they like that you always talk to them, even if you can’t understand them.

Bruno, tears welling in his eyes: Oh! Geez, I never thought-

Antonio: They also think your plotlines are contrived.

Bruno: CONTRIVED?!