The newest member of the teenage Avengers is quiet, reserved, and often seems distant. She’s been on the team for a few months, but most of her teammates assume she’s aloof or disinterested because she rarely chimes in during missions or casual team hangouts. The truth is that she’s hard of hearing. They don’t know she hard of hearing. They didn’t read her file and at first they didn’t want another teenager on the team. She can catch fragments of conversation when someone is very close, or when voices are raised—but in the chaos of superhero battles, crowded training sessions, or rapid-fire team banter, she often struggles to follow what’s being said. Misunderstandings pile up, and she quickly learns to retreat into a kind of quiet observation, relying on her own focus and intuition to stay in sync with the team.