Status Updates From Death Trap (Robot Wars, #1)

Tyce getting along with his dad, good.

this is way more complicated than I thought. Geez

This is very tell don't show and it's annoying.

how convenient there are cages just sitting around apparently.

Tyce is going to break into Herrington's office, isn't he?

I was right. If animal experiments were found out on Earth the Mars Project could loose billons of dollars in funding.

If the ex director, Steven was using Mars Project funding for illegal experimentation of geneticist Harrington that puts Rawling, new director in trouble if this was made public or at least known to the government back on Earth. Funding for the Mars Project could be in trouble because of this. Pretty sure Harrington had to have gotten some sort of permission from the Director, not to mention the equipment ship in

Herrington, geneticist is breaking the law and the lies are to protect him. Probably.

And now Neilson is acting like Tyce had nothing to do with him going from greenhouse to dome hospital. Why are all these adults suddenly acting like nothing happened?!

And now you're lying about the Koala puppy!

Yeah, Rawling, how dare you leave Tyce alone.

Papa bear mode on

This is getting interesting. Tyce's dad is stubborn but I figured he wouldn't like Rawling and Tyce keeping secrets from him

No you didn't. They found Timothy he saw them first so technically Timothy Neilson first discovered them.

Koala puppies! 🐨

Take back the Gremlins comment

Does that mean Timothy attacked them so they attacked back to defend themselves?

Do not get Gremlins wet. - was that movie even out when this was written?!

Okay this changes things

Robot caught. Not good. Go back to your human body. Your robot is doomed.

Water is bad for robots. That's like robot 101.

I was right her dad said he wasn't going to Mars without Ashley. So she's her dad's plus one.

Ashley's dad quantum physicist and is setting up research that is a lot easier on Mars than on Earth because of the lower gravity.

"What kind of family?" Tyce
"What do you do for fun around here?" Ashley

Dodging the question. Ashley doesn't want to say who her family is huh, interesting.

Pause!
"...loves science too." Tyce
"How could I not? Considering the family I was born into." Ashley

Just because your family is into science doesn't mean you will too. Example from this book Tyce's mom believes in God but he did not until like the end of book 1. Real life examples parents going I love reading but my kids don't. Or I loved school but my kid doesn't want to go. Etc.

OK the kids talking about God seems natural cuz Tyce said he was praying and why, telescope thinking about the universe and then Ashley agrees with him and adds her take to what he said. Natural conversation.

Hold up! The only way the universe could have happened is
1. God created it or 2. An accident
Um no! There's a 3rd option called evolution which God could have invented by the way.

Because it's not a big deal that you're in a wheelchair.

Ashley is 13

Tyce is 14

Okay Nevermind this is worse than I thought. I mis read it

'Without the grin, she looked grown up. With it, she looked like a tomboy.'

How does a smile make someone look like a tomboy? Short hair maybe could do that but a freaking smile?!