denis by now has fathered many children, the youngest of whom (paul) is elected leader of humanity. marc, paul's firstborn with his wife teresa kendall — a grandchild of don's via rogi's former lover, elaine, is the most powerful human metapsychic known at that time, who also has a genius-level intellect. paul & teresa started marc's education while he was still in utero, which was by then becoming an accepted practice.