Originally Posted by
Sutekh
What's potentially interesting is if his mutant power isn't just to *read* any language, but to communicate in any language. I have no idea if this is the case (I don't remember if he can traditionally speak an unfamiliar language, and not just understand it when it's spoken), but if this is the case, his new capacity to 'read body language' could be expressed as also the ability to *lie* in body language, as in to send all sorts of false tells to a trained martial artist, so that they are trying to block attacks that he's totally not doing, and leaving them wide open to attacks that they never saw coming, for all their superior training, experience or ability.
If he could do something like this, he'd be super-frustrating to fight, for any experienced or veteran warrior, even in a style or weapon technique he's literally never seen before, as his 'stance is a lie.' They'd find out that they have a better chance fighting him *with their eyes closed!*
In some alternate universe, there's a new Swordsman. His style is strange, he almost seems untrained, and yet he's unbeatable, nearly impossible to hit, or to block his own attacks, even though he moves with merely human speed and strength, and sometimes seems utterly unfamiliar with standard techniques of swordsmanship. Eventually he'll take his mask off, and be revealed as Doug Ramsey!