Time for that touch of fantasy in this sci-fi setup. This is a short and sweet post, because this aspect isn’t too fleshed and subject to alterations and edits. It is however, quite relevant, because I will be referring to these powers since (at least in the upcoming rendition i.e. the second draft) my main characters possess them.
The powers are meant to be evoked through some cocktail of genetic modification and neural modulation delivered to embryos. This innovation was devised on the backbone of certain imprints discovered after analysing some super ancient archaeological finds. These imprints are believed to be derived from differently-abled-lost-human-ancestors (celebrated in folk-fables and myths of several cultures and religions).
They grant certain enhancements to the receiving embryo, that are largely to do with neural-processing and the effect their existence has on the neural-processing of those around them. Essentially, they sense and process the world differently than the non-powered and may be able to alter the way another person neurally-processes the stuff happening around them.
Does this make them super? Not necessarily. How useful the power is, is often dependent on how creatively it is used. How good they get at using the power, depends on if they realise it and then learn how to use it. Like a muscle, the more they use it, the stronger it gets. And like a muscle, misuse can lead to injury.
A very simple example of such a power, is the ability to have “super”-sight, the ability to perceive visible objects better, longer distances, better resolution, smaller things… Powers can evolve and encompass more as they are used, but they usually share a sort of consistent vein. For example this person might eventually be able to change the way somebody else sees stuff - make stuff blurry, share their super-sight etc.
More details on this should emerge as I share the powers my characters have, how they found out about them and how they've been using them.
