Rin Hoshigumo asked U.L. Harper:

How did you think up Quincy? Did his power come first, or did it develop along with him? I ask because his attitude to life seemed to be linked to his power. If he'd been willing to deal with the issues that he encountered in his present, I wonder if his power would have manifested differently.

U.L. Harper This is a really good question. I've actually never had to answer this one. But in this story, the only reason he's young is to be next to his son during Arthur's critical times. But it wasn't his idea, really. It was more the idea of Ms. Kimbrel. So he pops into Arthur's life in junior high (middle school). The problem is that he sees that since he's not around for Arthur like originally intended, Arthur has gone off the proverbial rails and is using his powers the wrong way, unintentionally, so he leaves to escape his son, really, but later meets his rendezvous with Kimbrel, who come to find out, has no plans for them to be together. The point is this: his powers were established before the book started. However, technically, Quincy was not part of the story at all. But that's an entirely other thing.

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