"Well, sort of telenovelas. They're episodic stories, kind of like..." here he looks for the word. "Like film serials. Of course, what I write aren't really telenovelas in the purest sense, we don't get any television reception and besides, the actors are all rats...."

Pepa sighs, patting Bruno's shoulder. "Ay, the things you see in your visions sometimes."

Another thought hits Bruno. "I mean, like, literally rats." He reaches into the hood of his ruana and produces one such rodent, who blinks sleepily at him.

This whole family is weird.