"Biotics," She corrects him, merging the first syllables into one slurring sound, and emphasizing the last, "It's both a special ability and a kind of person. You have to be born with it. And then you have to be lucky enough that it doesn't kill you as a child. Or as adult, come to think of it."

Which, even the cancer didn't get you, it often would. Biotic development in humans was a rocky, unpleasant road.

"Me, I mean. I'm a Biotic. Comes with a lot of side effects, and a few good perks."