Chapter 3: taking communal living to a whole other level
Each and every martian has evolved to be able to communicate telepathically by simulating spoken work or by transferring concepts, emotions, and images. This occurred in part due to the guardians tampering with martian genetics and also due to necessity because of how thin the atmosphere on mars is the transfer of sound through conventional speech was not an option.
This caused Martians to become highly reliant on being able to feel their fellow Martians thus even though they are incredibly powerful both physically and technologically virtually none of them venture off-planet. The only reason J'onn (The martian manhunter) ever left is because he was accidentally transported to earth and found that he liked it there. Most Martians would go crazy in the silence between the worlds which makes interplanetary travel not very appealing.
As I grew in my new temporary home I listened and built my mind into a fortress world of deception and nigh impenetrable defenses made up of every sort of experience that I remember from my past life from pain to joy to lust and everything in between to protect my memories and innermost thoughts. My final line of defense is the memory of that grand star that burned through me, no martian will be able to penetrate that layer without destroying their own mind, I came far too close when I was setting it up myself.
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approximately 1 year ago
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'ok what else can I do to protect my mind from these near hivemind yet still racist people'
'I've set up mazes with false memories, animals and monsters from my memories and imagination, and traps of sensation warped to be much stronger on any intruder.'
'maybe personality backups in case of mind wipes? no idea how I would go about doing that but it warrants research, alright I know Martians get fucked up by fire so if I incorporate that into my shields no martian will be able to peep where they're not wanted. The main problem with that is that I am also a martian so this plan might fry my brain.'
'however I also know that the fear and weakness are purely psychosomatic, I mean I witnessed the guardians changing shit up on my vision quest so I'm assuming it won't instantly kill me'
'alright lets go back to that terrifying but super cool momen.....' instantly the greatest amount of pain and fear I have ever felt raced through my mind like an inferno scorching my very mind
'AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH HAAAAAAaaaaa haaaa, fuuuuuuck! Its not real! I refuse to be shackled for the sins of my ancestors, FIRE IS MY RIGHT, I SHALL NOT BURN!' with my declaration the flame torturing my mind recedes turning back into that sun I first stood in awe of.
'he he heee HA HA HA HA AHA! GOD damn, that sucked! but it worked, if I'm right then I think I just got over a bit of my pyrophobia which is like superman getting a bit immune to kryptonite. If I can manage to fully overcome my fear of fire then I will be able to take on the Justice League on my own, not that I would give them a reason to throw down with me but they are definitely up there in regards to power in this universe.' I feel myself passing out again feeling incredibly sore as if every inch of my body had gone through an intense workout.
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back to present
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All Martians are terrified by fire, to such an extent that it makes them feel immense physical pain even though they are physically immune to flames. This is virtually their only weakness, of course not every martian is a powerhouse like J'onn J'onz The martian manhunter but each one has the potential to be powerful through learning shape-changing techniques, density shifting (phasing), and a myriad of telekinetic skills but all of these are learned and not inherent skills. So while I have gotten over a bit of my phobia and have the added advantage of being able to hide my inner thoughts which will allow me to get training away from the main population centers whenever I am finally born.
From what I can remember from young justice Martians age on a different time scale from humans, M'gann M'orzz states that she is 48 earth years old by the beginning of the show however biologically she is the equivalent of a human 16-year-old. This fact gives me a lot of time to train before I go to that dumpster fire of a planet called earth.
I have come up with certain training plans to engage in before and after I am born, during what I have come to call my gestation period I have focused on my mind. I have made my mind a fortress hidden in fog giving the appearance of a completely open mind letting emotions and surface thoughts through so that my martian brethren don't think me a cripple. When my mind was made secure I started to reach out to the minds around me projecting curiosity and a hunger for knowledge, in doing this I hoped to be able to snag experiences and even training from the glimpses I skim from their minds as they instinctively think to their education and training as I project what they would have felt during those times.
This process is extremely inefficient but it does give me ideas on how to best train by taking the techniques that overlap or complement each other and discarding the rest. I made sure to focus on control as with the number of abilities available to me I must be able to control all of my basic abilities to their maximum potential. Plus being able to reach out and interact with people while I'm still growing in the womb really helps pass the time.
I believe I will be born soon due to how excited and nervous my mother's mind feels. Whelp let's get ready for trauma.
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
Gumbus
Gumbus This chapter isn't much other than making some mental defenses and making a barebones training plan, basically start small and work my way up. also just a bit of backround on the martian civilization there really isn't much on mars in any of the shows or comics in DC, in most of them j'onn is the last martian so i don't want to spend to much time world building for a planet that the majority of the story wont take place on.
as always thank you for checking this out and let me know of any ideas you guys get or anything you might want to see in the story!
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