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Jetstream: Crippled in a powers accident whilst a student at the ill-fated Massachusetts Academy, Haroun came to Xavier's years later to seek out Emma's help with the cybernetics that had replaced his lost legs. Remaining as a teacher and X-Man, exiled from his beloved native Morocco for acts of 'terrorism', Haroun built a new life for himself, marrying Alison Blaire and moving with her and her adopted son Miles to the West Coast Annex. However, Haroun is at heart a man of action, and the conflicts between his strict Muslim upbringing and his bride's American background, plus the demands of family life, may prove too much for him. Haroun's mutant ability is chemokinetic flight. His top theoretical speed is Mach 2, but anything much past the sound barrier causes him damage, and very well might kill him. Haroun's mutation is maladaptive - he has no protection from the heat of the chemical reactions that power his flight. Haroun has no defense whatsoever against windshear, the stresses of flight, or against the heat his own power produces. The cybernetics remove the last problem (up to a point, the current Jetstream design still pushes the danger zone after Mach 1 is reached). He has to wear protective clothing and goggles if he wishes to fly quickly and remain undamaged. His oxygen needs are supplied by his own lungs augmented by the thruster-pack's own intakes while in flight.