Writer-director Jenkins created this film as his graduation project for the Art Institute of Portland.
The story for this short was adapted from Reddit/WritingPrompts, where the original story was posted by an anonymous author.
The working title for this short was "Nobility's Badge," taken from a line in Shakespeare's play, "Titus Andronicus," Act 1, scene 3. The source line is "Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge...."