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** This would also explain why Max's hair stays within a similar range of tones (such as blonde, dirty-blonde, brunette, redhead and any combo of the aforementioned). Her hair color changes a lot, but all of the tones are ''natural'' tones (No book has Max with [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair all of a sudden]]). This could also explain why the rest of the Flock don't ever point it out; the changes in her hair are so slow and subtle that it's almost unnoticeable.

He perfected genetic engineering becuase EvilIsDumb and decided to assign {{Beast M|an}}en to save the Earth.

Max's hair is never consistent because it's a byproduct of being part bird. When put in a different climate and environment, many migratory birds change feather colors via molting, a process where old feathers are replaced by new ones. Humans technically "molt" as well, but on a much smaller scale; 50-100 hairs are falling off of the average person's head per day. The difference between humans and birds is, of course, that our hair doesn't change color very noticeably with climate or location in order to camouflage. [[LegoGenetics Max meets a middle ground between these two ideas in that her hair changes hue to "adapt" to her surroundings unconsciously, and since her and the flock move around so quickly, her hair changes accordingly.]] That being said, the books don't mention Max's hair because Max herself doesn't see it as too important, especially since, out of all of the Flock's powers, this is probably the one that, while not debilitating, serves no practical use and hardly counts as an actual ability. Her hair takes up too little space to properly camouflage her, and may just be a symptom of being part bird, especially since we don't see the same consistency with the rest of the flock and Max's ''wings''.

This is less a "wild guess" and more an educated guess (Patterson's use of ghostwriters is an open secret), but it would explain all of the ridiculous plot holes and inconsistencies.

He perfected genetic engineering becuase EvilIsDumb and decided to assign PettingZooPeople to save the Earth.

[[WMG: Itex is a [[MageTheAscension Technocracy Front]]]]

What I like to call 'The Real Ari' happens when his real, non-warped emotions and thoughts breakthrough the twisted ones. This is shown a few times during the series, like when max killed him that first time ("I would never hurt you. Not like that") and helping the Flock escape the school. Ari himself NEVER, EVER meant to hurt Max, or any or the Flock. It wasn't him, but an evil, spiteful version of himself. For him, in his own mind, it was like the real Ari, the innocence, cute and sweet little seven year old was locked in a cage in the back of his head, and a huge, menacing, evil monster has taken over his body, and he has no control over it. He constantly fights against it, to control his own body and stop himself from hurting the Flock, but this monster is to strong, resulting in him only having breif, tiny, rare periods of control. He hates himself for this, that he's to weak, that he is constantly trying to hurt or kill the Flock, because he looks up to them, considers them family, and was rooting for them all along.

* They weren't expecting the Flock to blow up the house and go on the run; after that, the School is seriously trying to retrieve the Flock. The Erasers are no longer holding back, and in Book 2 they almost kill Fang. When the School does briefly get the kids back, via Anne Walker, they try to set up the old scenario again. Anne takes the Flock to an isolated, wealthy home and acts as a foster parent, slowly gaining their trust . . . JUST LIKE JEB.