1:14 PM, July 13, 1978, Original Timeline (Timeline A)

Edgar inspects one of the flytraps' teeth and writes down the last of his notes, then heads outside to leave, but Dave calls him so he turns around to go talk to him.

"Find anything useful for you?" asked Dave.

"Some pretty interesting things, but I still can't figure out how your dad is going to create a living plant.. this tree is already a wonder,," Edgar replied. " But I guess I'll have to wait until your dad creates those living plants for more interesting research."

"Well, you're free to visit the tree anytime and look at any of the plants you want," said Dave.

"You'd really let me?" asked Edgar, surprised.

"Yes, really. Just make sure nothing falls over and breaks or else my dad will be really mad," replied Dave.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen." Edgar packed up his notes and walked back home. As he was walking back home, he turned around and looked at the Tree of Wisdom. "If I'm going to become a world-famous scientist, I'm going to need more information," he thought to himself. "There's no way this is all there is to these plants." He hesitated, thinking about going back to the tree, but then shook his head and made his way back home. "I'll see what I can do with the notes I have, and then I'll go back if I need to," Edgar decided.

1:30 PM, July 13, 1978

Edgar pushed open the door to his house and immediately rushed downstairs to his basement. It wasn't finished and his family wasn't using it for anything other than storing scraps and unneeded items, so Edgar decided to make it his "workplace". He thought one day, when he would become a famous scientist and advanced robotics engineer, he could turn his basement into a huge lab with scientists working and robots everywhere.

Edgar's basement was big, and it was packed with crates filled with extra supplies and furniture, along with some of Edgar's failed attempts at creating a functional robot lying around on the floor or in a part of his basement he calls the "Scrap Section". The first robot he attempted building with his father, the "Z-001", was actually successful at first and was able to move around on its own and interact with the environment, but one night it just malfunctioned and blew up in the basement. Edgar's current work in progress, the Z-018, stood in Edgar's "work corner."

Edgar walked over to his work corner, sat down, and looked over his notes. Currently, all he wanted out of the Z-018 was a functional human-like robot that could walk, pick things up, and interact with people and the environment. The flytrap teeth notes could help him create parts of the fingers and teeth of the robot, but he was unable to implement his Tree of Wisdom notes, just because he couldn't find a scientific explanation of the tree's intelligence. After many hours of building the robot using his notes and scraps, Edgar decided he has made sufficient progress and went to sleep.

6 hours later…

1:25 AM, July 14, 1978, Z-018 Perspective

Detecting manual power-on attempt.

Attempting to power on…

Power on attempt successful. Scanning surroundings.

Unable to identify location. Downloading scan results to databank.

Movement detected at "Scrap Section". Scanning area…

Area scanned. Complex life form detected at Scrap Section. Identifying species…

Species can not be identified. Downloading appearance to databank.

Detecting massive energy signature from "Scrap Section". Cannot identify source.

Emergency shutdown switch triggered. Attempting shutdown...