Ellie took the box and walked (silently--she could lurk with the best of them, when it suited her purposes) to a spot near where the rat had disappeared, set the bread on the floor, and tilted the box at an angle over it. Nothing so crude as a stick and string required here; she left the box with instructions to notice the laws of physics again as soon as the rat was underneath, and returned to her spot near Loki. "There, that ought to do it."