"Activation agent, which is why they took us from criminal pools. People who had the strain and survived, and wouldn't be missed or questioned after if they were taken away." Eryx sat up again, tapping his neck where they were injected. "Teenage criminals aren't needed in the face of soldiers that would gladly volunteer and be much more effective. We were born with a strain, the strain was chemically activated because we survived being born with it. Anything else I have to dumb down for you sweetheart?"