He's too accustomed to open expression to completely mask his disappointment, though this time, at least, he seems to take the correction in good stride rather than with embarrassment or irritation. "That's too bad. Can you imagine the excitement if it was? Half the city would turn out to see your machines in action."

Which should have been his first clue, in retrospect. Nothing that interesting would stay secret for long.

"Is that what you think we should be doing? Mock hostage rescues with other students?" On the one hand, the gleam in his eyes and the rise of his meter's needle as his interest fully engages means good things for the current exercise.

On the other hand, it probably means a headache for whoever their faculty overseer happens to be.