Out of curiosity, was there always an elevator to the defense tunnels in the Hutchins residence? Also, was Corwin over ten when he set up shop down there?

(With most kids, I'd say "no," but with Corwin, I can see him starting that young.)

Peter Eng
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I think you mean you'd say 'yes'?

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There are elevators to the defense tunnels all over the place. You just have to know where to look...

>Also, was Corwin over ten when he set up shop down there?

Probably. Which is not to say he wouldn't have had a workspace of some kind before then, but it was originally on a somewhat smaller scale, and not underground. He wasn't working on full-size mecha or similarly unwieldy projects at that age. (Or if he was, only on paper.)

Really, the underground thing was just a matter of space, not to protect the neighborhood or anything. It's sort of like Willy Wonka's explanation for why his factory has so many subbasements - expanding the aboveground facilities requires expanding the premises or moving to entirely new ones, but you can always go further down. :)

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