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Elain's family. I would say Elain is 22 and her brother 12 to make it a nice 10 year difference so it's not too weird that he's a lot younger than her.
Been thinking about Carmine's baseball team and their rival team. Having teammates that are both unique but also don't stand out too much from the main character is really important. That's a trap designing a race around one design can do.