Editing Newter (section)

==Abilities and Powers==
All his bodily fluids (including sweat) contain powerful hallucinogens which can "send someone off to la-la land" in "only a few seconds".<ref name="5.6"/> When Newter brushed against some of Skitter's bugs they "dropped off the wall or out of the sky, falling to the ground, alive but stunned."<ref name="5.6"/> Skitter observed that several of the people that Newter were fighting were removed from the fight before he even touched them, leading her to believe that he hit them with either "blood" or "spit".<ref name="5.6"/> The effects lasted "an inconveniently long time"; when he wanted to provide them for recreational purposes, he'd dip his tongue into a few drops of water on a spoon, producing a diluted dose that only lasted for a little under an hour. There were no long-term side-effects, and it was impossible for someone to overdose, on even in extreme combat scenarios.<ref>He reached up to the back of the booth, grabbed a bag that sat there, and fished out a pair of plastic spoons and a bottle of water.  With a water dropper he retrieved from his pocket, he siphoned water from the bottle and placed a few drops in each spoon.  The final step was dipping the tip of his tongue in each drop of water.<br><br>“Lick it up,” he told the girls.<br><br>“That’s all?”  Laura asked him.<br><br>“It’s enough.  Any more and you might be out for an inconveniently long time.  That right there,” Newter pointed to the spoon with the tip of his tail, “Is a little less than an hour of psychadelic tripping.  No hangover, no side effects, it’s not addictive, and you can’t overdose on it.  Trust me, I’ve tried to make someone overdose before, combat situation, and I couldn’t make it happen.”<br><br>Mary was the first to take the spoon and pop it into her mouth.  Moments later, her eyes went wide, and she fell limp against the back of the booth. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/interlude-5/ excerpt] from [[Interlude 5]]</ref> This deviant body chemistry extends to the point that he does not get infections from foreign microbes.<ref name="5.10"/>

Newter's altered body has other benefits. In addition to a prehensile tail, he is noticeably tougher than a normal human, able to operate with wounds that amazed a trained medic.<ref name="5.10">[[Hive 5.10]]</ref>

Newter is able to leap in excess of 15 feet exceedingly fast (it is said that it takes the same time for him to leap from one opponent to another as it takes [[Skitter |Skitter]] to throw a punch). He appears to move in a half-run half-crawl manner which allows him to move faster than the average person (was easily able to keep up with Brutus when he was larger than a horse).<ref name=":0" /> He can fall 50 feet or more and land on his feet without issue.<ref>Newter dropped from the ceiling.  The main part of the mall had only the one level to it, but the roof was arched slightly, and he was dropping from one of the higher points.  I was bad at estimating distances, but what was that?  Fifty feet? Sixty?

He landed in a crouch, a hair behind the girl who was carrying the vial down the pile of rubble to the base of the platform. - excerpt from [[Infestation 11.7]]</ref> Newter's speed is such that he can seemingly dodge gunfire.<ref>"Something about the way that one moved," Newter pointed at Jaw with his tail, "Reminded me of some other mercenaries I've come across.  Don't bother shooting, by the way, I'm too quick." - excerpt from [[Infestation 11.7]]</ref><ref>Newter was on the second floor, probably dodging gunfire as he moved closer to the group of people who had been in the upstairs office. - excerpt from [[Hive 5.5]]</ref><ref name=":1">"Maybe I need to get the bullwhip?  Or did you forget the drills?"

Newter groaned aloud.  "You're on that again."

"On the wall.  Go."

Newter leaped across the hotel room and stuck to the wall, one hand planted above his head so he could stay more or less upright, his tail curling around his lower foot.  "Pain in the ass.  You know I'll have to scrub the hotel walls after to get rid of the footprints before we go."

"Deal," Faultline said.  "The practice could make the difference between you dodging a bullet and you moving too slow to avoid it." - [[Interlude 18.f]]</ref> Additionally, he has a gecko-like ability to stick to surfaces, allowing him to hang from walls<ref>Newter was hanging off the wall by his fingertips and toes - excerpt from [[Hive 5.5]]</ref><ref name=":1" /> and climb them with remarkable speed.<ref name="5.6"/><ref name=":0" /><ref>Then he was gone, around the side of the building and up to the roof in heartbeats. - excerpt from [[Infestation 11.7]]</ref>