Power: Mind-reading
Growing up in Tampa, Aguilera was a weak child, taunted by their schoolmates. When their Mark emerged, they found they could hear their bullies’ thoughts: frightened and angry and nervous. Terrified of the voices, they ran away from home, but they couldn’t escape their emerging telepathy. They were constantly surrounded by the worst of people’s thoughts, and whenever people discovered Aguilera’s Mark those thoughts became harsher still, often accompanied by physical violence. Aguilera’s knowledge of the depths of people’s hatred wore away all trust and compassion they’d had for pure humans. Cameron Redlaw seemed the only one who saw them without hatred or mistrust. After the attack, though, Aguilera heard the voices of others in the circus, who blamed the Marked for the attack and wanted them gone. Perhaps, Aguilera thought, war against the pure humans was inevitable. From now on, they are determined not to be weak any more.
Content warning: Bullying