Measurements: What kind of a question is that to start out with?

Age: Old enough.

Hometown: Vulukan, near Mount Fuji, Japan. But not by choice.

Sign: Pisces, Year of the Tiger.

Favourite food: Shabu shabu, anything Thai.

Last Book Read: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I had to read it for school.

Genetic Enhancements: I'm not answering any more dumb questions. Mind your own business.

"Nobody asked me if I wanted to be the main character in this stupid comic book. I'm just a normal girl, really. I want what every girl wants- to spend some quality time with my guy, have some fun and see the sights in Tokyo, and not have to worry about interference from over-protective fathers and annoying little sisters. It's not my fault my plans seem to go wrong all the time. And it's certainly not my fault that I'm genetically engineered. You can blame my parents for that one, thank-you very much. In fact you can pretty much blame my parents for everything messed-up in my life right now."

Measurements: 118cm tall, 37cm side-to-side, 20cm front-to-back.

Age: 8.61.

Hometown: Vulukan, near Mount Fuji, Japan.

Sign: Virgo, Year of the Dog.

Nicknames: Connie, Squirt, Kid, Hey You.

Favourite food: Chocolate cake!

Last Books Read: Singapore's Poets 1990-2048, The Vourasq War volumes One and Two, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami (it was okay except for the kissing and gross stuff), The Ego and the Id by Sigmund Freud, Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa, and The Analects by Confucius. And that's just in the last 48 hours.

Genetic Enhancements: I have a photographic memory and enhanced mathematical and linguistic skills. Basically, I'm a genius. Oh, plus I can cook really good. And I have red hair.

"I don't know what my big sister told you, but really I'm the main character in this story. I'm the smart one after all. And I have to do all the work. See, she's dating a creepy guy who's probably an anarchist or a murderer or something and I have to find out what they're really up to. Also I want to write a scientific journal thingy on why grown-ups do such weird things and I need to do research. That's what real scientists do is research. So far all of the books I've read confirm my theory that grown-ups are weird and crazy and stuff but none of them say why. Except Freud, but he's just a potty-mouth."

Measurements: 175cm tall, 63kg.

Age: 17.

Hometown: My parents are from Guangzhou, China but I was born in Yokohama.

Sign: Gemini, Year of the Ox.

Real Name: Hing Wai-Keung.

Favourite food: My Grandmother makes great shrimp dumplings.

Last Book Read: The Maldivians by Marcos Ndebele. This is the book that gave the Maldivian Movement its name.

Genetic Enhancements: Ha! None at all! I'm one hundred and ten percent human.

"You can probably tell by how I'm dressed that I'm a member of the New Youth Movement. We're not as bad as you've heard, though. We're a political group trying to shake up the status quo and bring some strength and common sense back to government. The anarchist bombings you see on the news are just the work of a few well-intentioned but misguided individuals. What's my interest in Tilly? She seems like a pretty cool girl. She's not at all like what I'd heard Genie- sorry, I mean gen'gineered people would be like. We'll... see how things go, though. No promises."