"I do," Doug admitted. "I'm an omni-linguist. I can speak or read any language, including body language and sub-level stuff like the deeper meaning behind words.

"And when I joined the New Mutants, it was a team with an invulnerable flyer, a solar-powered strongman, a werewolf, a demon sorceress, an elemental, a phobia-centered telepathy, and a techno-oragnic alien.

The vast portion of my formative years were spent being told to "go hide.'"