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Midnighter has a special power - Dess is a polymath, Rex is a Seer (someone who can read the lore, the ancient history of the midnighters) and Melissa is a mindcaster (meaning she has a variety of telepathic abilities). They do not know what Jessica's power is except that it different from any of theirs.
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