"I'm the lucky one between us, in that case..." Al stared down at his paws, with one of them still having a cut from when he clenched his fist. "I was actually born with my powers. Neural abnormalities that the doctors weren't really sure were healthy. I was essentially being tested on all of my childhood, until my parents said enough was enough and started sending me to school. See, because of the way I perceive things, everything moves much slower to me. About 3 times as slow, the doctors say. So, I was fairly good at learning and sports. Of course, the guys would get jealous and pick on me, but they'd never be able to hit me. I was eventually pulled back into testing, when they first decided they wanted to start experimenting on me."