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					Hughey is a very smart hybrid. His mother was a tortoise who traveled for 1 year in space. His dad was a turtle who made cures for diseases that turtles and tortoises carry like salmonella. Hughey does a little bit of both plus some of the newer things in science. He tells Todd to rely more on brains that brawn. He tells Tom to at least play a game that requires some real brainpower.