[@TheWindel] How's about this?

"Seventh Eye: When activated, Alistair's eyes process information at a greatly increased rate. This makes everything around him seem much slower, allowing for him to fight more effectively with seemingly inhuman reaction time."


EDIT: Also, I forgot to address your other points; I was making the assumption that some major cities were decimated during the Second Genesis - I just thought I'd say that London was one of them. Also, I figured that since Tokyo is, to my understanding, overrun - why not make London in a similar way. Also, yes, he grew up in Japan.