Mallory Chang

mal's powers manifested earlier than the majority of her generation's and, as such, she had a quashed and confusing childhood. born to a pair of gifteds in the lower rung of OSR employment, mal's parents were eager to take advantage of their daughter's mutations and willingly allowed her to be used as a frequent organ donor by the OSR. her parents were not entirely cruel, though, and made certain to use their new source of income to provide many gifts and adventures for young mallory, wanting to ensure that she felt loved for more than her abilities. but mal herself took these early years to mean that she was nothing more than an object to be used; a means to the happy ends of other people. 

despite her tendency to objectify herself, mal was always fascinated with the idea of "love", specifically romantic love and has passively dreamed of finding an unconditional significant other since she was young.

at 15 she was diagnosed with lymphoma, but was not allowed to undergo chemotherapy because of the effect it might have on the body parts she grows for OSR harvesting and transplants. she can generate perfectly healthy organs for others, while her own wage war against themselves due to her cancer. her healing factor has managed to subdue and stabilize the lymphoma on various occasions, but is not powerful enough to stamp it out completely. 

in the face of potentially dying young, mal maintains hope solely through her obsession with finding love.