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Cold AND motherly. That takes skill.
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Essentially speaking, the combination of traits makes sense when put into this light.
[i]Cold:[/i] Her father was a recluse, fell deeply in love, got married. Alexander (her father) lost his wife to childbirth: McKenzi. Her father eluded sorrow by diving head first into his work, science in general, but based around spirits and amplifying or lowering the powers of said spirits, a weapons specialist essentially who disguised his work to his daughter as being "for the greater good of humanity." McKenzi looked up to her father throughout her childhood and the two did care for each other, though she mimicked his outward nature of being absolutely logically-driven, and this carried on into her own work of becoming a scientist, like her father.

After Alexander interrogated her viciously, though, she's having a bit of an identity crisis, but seeing as how being cold is the only way she knows to control her emotions and think clearly enough to keep her allies protected, she clings to it like a sailor overboard to a piece of wood.

[i]Motherly:[/i] While outwardly she's cold and logical, she didn't exactly lead a bad life. She mimicked her father in many aspects but she still became educated, lived moderately well off, had childhood friends, and had many normal aspects of life. Being that her father told her that he was working to better humanity (little did she know that he considered weapons tech "bettering" humanity) she learned in childhood to value life and other people. She expresses this in missions by devising plans and covering allies, making sure they can succeed without coming to harm.

Her abilities reflect this: She's mainly utility-based, she can make an ally invisible, or mind control an opponent to stop them from harming an ally. Her mental and emotional scarring are also reflected in her ability kit through Jester, a malevolent, callous being that does whatever it can to entertain itself. Even at the cost of human life, though he protects Bishop so that he can keep his tether to the world intact. Most of her abilities are mind-based, making people hallucinate or go mad, invisibility to the eyes of others, mind control, etc.

I love this character, she's one of the best I've ever made. :3