 The artist who made his tattoos is in fact the one who gave Ink his powers, this tattoo artist is a mutant.Ink decides, since he is not a mutant, there is no place for him with the Young X-Men and leaves.The new character, an African-American girl, reveals herself at the end of "Young X-Men" #8, however her codename is spelled "Cipher," rather than "Cypher" (as it is spelled in earlier mentions).