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Can someone help me with a character?

Hi! So, I'm writing a story where some kid develop 'Talents' that give them the upper hand in certain situations. 5/6 of the main characters, Bix, Lila, Leo, Toby, and Silvia, all have Talents. The Talents are very rare and the government recruits kids who develop them to make teams. Bix, Leo, Toby and Silvia are all assigned a team because their talents work very well together. Bix can uncover almost any piece of information. Silvia can find a way out of any situation. Leo can put on a really grand show as a distraction (usually used for Silvia's plans). Lila, who ran away before the government could take her from her home and put her on a team, can disguise herself as anyone. I need help with Toby. After a while in the story, all of these characters end up teaming together.
I need a Talent for Toby that fits his backstory. For instance, Silvia was adopted by a family. A short while after she was adopted, her Talent began to show itself. The family was in serious debt and used it to their advantage. Lila came from a very creative household, so her Talent involves a lot of creativity.
Toby was raised by his grandparents because his dad died and his mother couldn't take care of him on her own so she gave him to her parents until she could get over his father's death and get back on her own two feet. But she died in a car accident 7 months later. This is all that Bix, the narrator, knows about Toby. He's a very quiet kid who only speaks when spoken to or when what he has to say is very important and no one else is going to say it. Toby can keep a lot of secrets, but maybe he just doesn't listen.
Anyway, thanks and I can't wait to see what ideas for Toby's Talent you come up with.
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Note: These aren't powers, just talents that they have. Talents aren't magic. Sorry if you suggested something magi you, but I want these talents to stay within an area that isn't power based.
BennieBear27 posted over a year ago
 BennieBear27 posted over a year ago
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WritingBookWorm said:
First off, I would consider these people young prodigies. Secondly,one talent I always enjoy, that not many people think about would be the ability to SOUND like anyone and anything. Of course, I'm not sure how well that'll work with his lack of talkative-ness.
Or perhaps he is could with cryptography (coding and decoding etc...)
Or similarily, he could be could at reading people's emotions and if they are lying etc...

Hope that sparks some of your imagination!
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This was actually really helpful, thanks! The cryptography thing would work pretty well with Bix's Talent of being able to uncover almost any information. She gets the info, Toby decrypts and codes, Silvia makes a plan. Leo does something. Thanks!!!
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fabgirl12 said:
maybe since he is shy, his power can be invisibility.
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