During the day, the quay is bustling with typical activity of a port: burly longshoremen carry crates and roll barrels away from ships for storage and sailors who still have their sea-legs saunter past on their way to drink and more adventures. By night, the quay is teeming with unsavory characters: men who are hardly men any more after losing their way through drink and gambling hunker amongst coils of rope stiffened by the salt water while rats scramble from box to box gnawing their way into the goods contained inside.
Quay, Port
sailor
rat
I am a large gray rat that scurries around in the castle walls. I like visiting the kitchen to snack on the bread crumbs. I carry diseases, so don’t touch me.
Squeek! I hope you do not plan to attack me, sailor. I am full of diseases. Ey. While I have half a mind to crush you under my boot, tis unwise. Just don't touch what is mine and I be willing to let you be. I am a tiny creature, all I want is to eat some rice from that barrel over there. Will you let me be? Let me see. Tis me day to have my cargo unloaded so let me look at that there barrel and see which ship it be brought over on. Thank you. Tell me, what is the sea like? I have never been out there. The sea be a dangerous place. Tis full of monsters and threats you couldn't even dream of. Oh, that barrel be brought over on somebody elses ship. Tis fine if you eat up their money, just don't be thinking of crawling aboard me ship or tis going to be a cold and wet day for yeh, if you know what I mean.  I will help myself to some rice, then! As for boarding your ship, I absolutely do not want to end up sleeping with the fishies! Tis wise. We round here don't take kindly to thieves, no matter the size. You look pretty sharp for a sailor, considering this is night time. Other burly men usually end up drunk and can barely speak and walk around! Ey. Well tis probably wise that I go and join 'em. I was thinking about catching me a fish to eat before getting sloshed with me mates though. Do fishes taste better than rice? I think the question here  is do be rats easier to catch than fish?