rogi becomes close to don and sunny's firstborn child denis. denis is a precocious child, and quickly learns to master many metapsychic faculties, greatly exceeding those of rogi and don, in addition to excelling intellectually. rogi becomes like a real father to him, while don is always out getting drunk at night. rogi and denis start to search for people with similar powers. don becomes jealous of denis's powers but, through denis's young coercion, is rendered unable to hurt him. meanwhile, don and sunny raise their nine other children, including the monstrously evil second-born victor, who terrorizes his younger siblings and suppresses their mental powers. don focuses upon victor as denis grows up, seeming to shape him into a vigorous athletic counterpart to denis's intellectual existence. the more sinister nature of victor's influences becomes apparent in later volumes.