I had one of those in the house where I grew up. I was running around with one of the neighbor kids when he tripped and fell onto it. It tore up his palms and knees really bad. He was lucky a finger didn't get stuck as he slid. I never ran past it again.

I'm not on the spectrum (officially), but I've had a few armchair diagnoses claiming I clearly am. I kinda figured that was the reason I related to them so well.

She appreciates your support in her security endeavors. She enjoys the occasional skritch between patrols of the perimeter because she doesn't trust our station security.

Well said. Wells did a pretty amazing job with this series.

Murderbot is probably one of my favorite characters in literature. The entire series is amazing. We actually named our newest dog Security Consultant Rin from Rogue Protocol. We call her Rin for short obviously. I'd love to read an analysis of Murderbot because I feel like I relate so much to them as a character.

Do you know how far away Hawaii is? It's still October there.