"Do ... do you think that would work? The rats?" It's as good a plan as any, especially considering Major ... has absolutely no plan whatsoever. He doesn't want to be around a giant group of people, if and when ...

No, let's not go down that route just yet. Maybe it's nothing. Maybe he's just got a bug or something. Maybe the village is fucking around with him, as it's wont to do at random. Maybe it's some sort of side effect of the food itself. Maybe maybe maybe.

"Will I become a rat?"