Justin
Who said being a leader was fun?
Justin, one of the youngest of the original Rats of NIMH is discovering that his current position as Head of the Council is not all that it is cracked up to be.
After his duel with Jenner and the news about the men from NIMH having found them it had seemed like such a straightforward idea to get the Rats to evacuate the Rosebush and move to Thorn Valley. In all the confusion and terror they had followed him gladly.
How was he supposed to know how much bureaucratic stuff would pile up later?
The Rats of NIMH still elected him, as they have done so until today. But Justin has a hard time trying to please everybody and is about drowning in complaints. He can’t imagine how Nicodemus, the former leader, had ever been able to put up with all of this. No matter what he does, somebody still gripes about it.
While most of the Rats supported his decision to create a separate administrative body to the Council Meetings, called the Chamber, it still hasn’t helped with his workload. Justin hardly ever has spare time to spend with his personal friends. He is too busy trying to keep up with all the colony’s woes.
He needs a vacation.