isn't it obvious that he didn't make it, though? Of course it's just a 14 year old clumsily messing around with electronics, it doesn't really matter to the story, though. It's not designed to look suspicious, it's just a kid fucking around with electronics, doing what little he knows to do, which in this case happens to be putting it in a new case. I did similar things when I was that age, it certainly doesn't follow he was trying to make it look like a bomb.
Sure, there's 14 year olds that have done much more impressive things, but that doesn't matter to the story at all. People aren't being supportive because they think the clock is so amazing, but because he got into trouble over nothing.
Sure, there's 14 year olds that have done much more impressive things, but that doesn't matter to the story at all. People aren't being supportive because they think the clock is so amazing, but because he got into trouble over nothing.