Tessa didn't have much of a childhood...mostly because she emerged from the growth tank already halfway to adulthood. Basic skills and knowledge had been implanted into her developing brain as she floated in the nutrient solution but there was a lot of training, both physical and mental, still to be done if she was to fulfil her intended role as one of the VWY corporation's black ops soldiers.
Tessa always slightly lagged behind her batch-mates in physical development but the sheer energy she put into her efforts to catch up nonetheless managed to impress her handlers and marked her as a candidate for the elite squads at a very early age...
