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Pudding is Miles’ baby sister and (so far) his only shown family. He loves her very much and considers all of her friends to be threats to her safety (as well as just being annoying). He frequently grounds her or locks her up in her room in an effort to keep her away from them, but it seldom works. However, he only wants what’s best for her and is worried about whether or not he is raising her right. He has trouble finding a middle ground between being too strict and too lenient with her.
Miles hates Speedy as a person and has spent much time trying to make new, more dangerous robots to stop him from seeing Pudding. Despite Speedy’s best effort to be friendly, Miles wants nothing to do with him unless he’s being used as test subject to experiment with Miles’ latest creation.
If possible, Mile hates Clone even more than Speedy. He entirely disapproves of his dating Pudding, and in the back of his mind is always thinking of ways to keep him away from her. If that kid ever lays a hand on her, he’s gonna need to watch his back and sleep with one eye open.
Audrey is one of Miles’ few friends from his own age group. Since they have very different hobbies and are each very knowledgable in their respective fields, they enjoy intellectual discussion and debate. He finds Audrey’s fascination with the supernatural to be illogical and bizarre, but interesting to analyze. Audrey isn’t scared of him so they get along fairly well. Miles actually respects her, since she is smarter than him in certain areas.
Since Danny often tags along with Audrey, he and Miles have become friends as well. Miles finds Danny’s mere existence to be a scientific marvel, and wishes he could dissect him to further study his physical makeup - but of course, he’s a ghost.
Miles has just recently met Chia, and to his chagrin he’s already pretty infatuated with her. He’s presumably never had a crush like this before, and as such doesn’t really know how to deal with it. She’s completely adorable and that just entirely ticks him off. He resorts to acting slightly cold around her for two reasons - first, so as not to give the impression that he likes her, and second… because he doesn’t really know how to do anything else!
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OVERTURE:
Miles is first seen barging into “Amanda’s” room to see what all the noise she’s making is about. Amanda immediately requests that Miles call her Pudding, which he is initially reluctant to do, but does anyway. He then grounds Pudding for shouting at him.
Speedy knocks on the front door some time later, and Miles allows him in. Speedy introduces himself, and then invites Pudding to go play. Miles won’t allow it, as he’s grounded her, but agrees to let Pudding play on one condition; Speedy must fight him. Miles is wearing an invention called Knockback Gloves, a weapon that has not yet been tested in battle.
Speedy gives a half-hearted punch, as yet unwilling to hurt Miles, but Miles is not satisfied. Miles punches Speedy in the face, and then chases him across the house. He loses him briefly, and is then promptly knocked out by a lamp that Speedy pushes on him. When he comes to, Speedy and Pudding are going back to Speedy’s house, leaving Miles very confused.
Trivia:
MAKING FRIENDS:
Miles is testing a new robot on Hatchet, an annoying neighbour, so Pudding can come outside. Hatchet stupidly climbs a tall tree in an effort to crush the robot, and whilst Speedy tries to stop him, Miles shows his sadistic side and insists that Speedy let him do it. He then chastises Hatchet for dying.
He tells Speedy that he’s up next, and he allows Pudding to come outside. He hopes quietly that Speedy will die too, but this is a fruitless wish, as Speedy almost immediately causes the robot to explode.
He then tells Speedy in no uncertain terms how much he dislikes him.
GHOST GIRL:
Miles appears briefly in this chapter to derail the plot of Pudding’s life; he is going into the city, and as such tells Pudding that she cannot have a sleepover with Frisky. He tells her to send her friends home.
After a small argument, Miles reveals that he has a friend of his coming over to care for Pudding while he’s gone.
He introduces Audrey, and then after being assured that Audrey can care for Pudding, he leaves. He is briefly held up by Speedy, whom he warns to stay away from Pudding; naturally, Speedy takes this as an invitation to go and see if she's all right.
MY LOVE, MY RIVAL:
Miles appears briefly in this chapter, telling Speedy where Pudding is so they can talk. However, exactly what he says (other than “She’s in her room”) is left up to speculation, as Speedy isn’t really listening and therefore the reader is left out of the loop.
FRISKY'S PARTY
Miles appears only briefly, once again, this time answering the door when Clone comes to pick up Pudding for the party. He rudely claims that Pudding is dead in an effort to chase Clone away, but Pudding spoils the ruse by appearing right behind him within the same moment. Miles is then forced to allow Pudding to leave with him, although he looks thoroughly upset about it.