"Now that most of the pertinent details of our captivity have been relayed to you, there's also the matter of Jan to discuss," Brainy said, briefly noting how Cham's tentacles seemed to tighten around the cooking implements he was working with when he said it.

"We have to decide what to do. Sometimes these arenas allow people to regain powers, though often in a limited fashion, but his control over his powers could mean that just a small increment of his powers might allow him to transmute himself in such a way that he removes whatever method of power inhibition they use. He was able to sense and heal a micro-lesion in my brain that was undetectable to all medical scans."