There is a definite understanding that Benjiro can read from his cousin. Then suddenly, Russell has a term for the functional changes he had not associated with it previously.

Superpowers.

The teenager raises his eyebrows at the connection and opens his mouth with a breath in to answer only to halt. He closes his mouth with his brows coming down to more carefully evaluate the concept. Gesturing with one hand in a ‘wait’ sort of motion, he does reply, “Nothing like what you might expect from comics, but beyond what a human should be capable of, yes.”

No one has mentioned anything too fantastic. So far.