Secondary and tertiary opportunist rats making a big show of getting off the ship: “Look at me, I’m getting off the ship now. I never actually got on the ship, but in retrospect I understand how the optics of the situation might have made it seem like I was preparing to get on it. I apologize. I should have made it clear that my position on the rope was one of constructive engagement with the rope itself, which I remain deeply committed to.”