A Continent of Banalities

Doctor Verity quickly realized that the team needed a thief. Someone who could deal with security measures quickly and without fuss. Doctor Babylon suggested Larceny (Verity bestowed the honorary doctorate). Larceny, Babylon argued, was ideal for the task as he is usually not behind bars (too difficult to keep in, too harmless to put in MetaMax). “Besides the man’s a pacifist” Babylon added with a smile.  It is true that Larceny (real name Keith Anders) doesn’t have a violent bone in his skinny frame. He’d rather turn tail, which he is good at.  His extraordinary skill with theft and stealth is the result of something a few eggheads call a probabilistic mutation. Certain people of Gen Z and forward seem to buck probability in certain narrow but consistent ways. Too limited to really be considered a superpower, but significantly off the curve. The existence of probabilistic mutations is not generally accepted by any branch of science.  Keith was the fourth of six children,...