It appears that I got Diet all wrong. He isn't a normal sized human at all. He's a man about the size of a matchstick that lives in the head (or neck) or a giant robot. I should have seen that grate on the side of the Robot's neck for what it is: air holes. Still, so much power in such little hands could be a problem, but I think that first he'd have to figure out how to get out of the robot, and once he did, he'd have to figure out how to survive the fall that would inevitably result form setting foot on the robot's slick metallic skin. I guess Diet has a much higher stake in this than I thought. If that robot doesn't work, not only could he lose his home, he could also lose his life. (Of course, this all leaves me wondering just who's living in Magnum Force.)
Not only is Diet's robot his home and a crime fighting machine (well, it might be. We just haven't see it fight any crime yet), but it's also an eavesdropper. You know, TRAZE-R, when Dick is on that little phone, it means that he doesn't want you listening in (you too, Diet). (It's only common courtesy, after all.) You can be sure that right after you interrupted him, the first thought that went through our intrepid detective's mind was how to get to the off switch on your back without you knowing. Then it went to how he could install an isolation chamber that would allow for a cell phone to operate and at the same time block out your little robot ears. Right now, I think the off switch is the more feasible goal (though he could run into trouble when he turns the power off if Diet is depending on any sort of life support while he's in there).
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