The Austin Children's Museum was a great place for 12-year-old Damien to experiment with science, his favorite subject.
"I'm a tinkerer," he said, meaning he tinkers around with things until they work. "I like fixing stuff."
He also likes building things. Damien said he'd like to be a mechanic. He explained how to put a knocker on a wall using screws and bolts and gave me encouragement when I wasn't so sure what I was doing.
"That's the fun in it. You can make a table. You can end up making a robot, which I'm trying to make right now," he said.
Damien wants a family who can keep up with him, because he's always on the move and needs someone to help him direct his boundless energy and creativity.
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News 8's Jennifer Borget spent some time learning the mechanics of a child's hope for a loving family.
 
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"Maybe I could have a laboratory or something," he said. "Build a hovercraft."
But this future scientist doesn't ask for much in a family.
"If they're nice at least, nicer than my parents," he said.
He says he hopes for a permanent home, with a few qualities.
"Good food, pets that I like, like cats and dogs, and other furry creatures," he said.
Good food includes things like vegetables, unlike what you may hear from most kids, he says that's one of his favorites.
"How else would I do flips?" he said.
And as far as siblings go, "A sister would be fine, as long as she doesn't pull my hair," Damien said.
But when it comes down to it, Damien says there's one thing he wants most.
"You have to have something in your life that's important, like families," he said.
