Kai

"Remember this, Kai! The Universe is a big complex place, it would do you good to be open-minded to all possibilities."

- Shun Fong Err to Kai

Tan Seng Kai "Kai" is one of the protagonists of the Ableism Conspiracies. Kai was diagnosed with ADHD then later rediagnosed as Asperger's Syndrome. Born in a competitive and unemotional society like Singapore, the boy suffered greatly where generally; weakness and individuality are despised.

Kai was often ridiculed for putting forth strange fantasy-like ideas from his interest and knowledge of zoology and evolution, far beyond the mental capacity of people of his age. Due to his conditions, Kai has issues with socializing which handicapped him in a world where most humans have highly evolved social skills from birth. This led Kai to question his own humanity as he failed to fit into the expectations and standards set by other perceived "normal" humans.

After his first contact with extra-terrestrials and his relocation to the Planet Auth, an terraformed planet that resembles Earth, Kai is readily accepted into Auth's human culture that does not emphasize tyranny of the majority nor promote Ableism. The boy then becomes the wielder of a DEET artifact, gives Kai the powers of Matsu, the patron goddess of overseas Chinese. With Matsu kidnapped by the Four Fiends, Kai seeks to defend the peace of his new home, even if it meant returning to Earth. For Kai and many other characters, Auth is afterall the last safe haven where autistics, ADHD, other disabilities and even deviants are given a chance to live a "normal" life.

Events prior to extra-terrestrial contact
Kai is born in Singapore to Tony Tan and Jessica Lee, a lawyer and a school teacher respectively. In Singaporean culture, lawyers and teachers are highly respected professions, the birth of Kai and his diagnosis as a child with ADHD(later Aspergers) was a huge insult to Kai's parents.

Events post-extra-terrestrial contact
Later, Kai was bullied into a state of momentary insanity by a gang of teenage troublemakers and mortally wounded them. For his crimes, Kai was institutionized at Woodbridge Psychiatric Hospital, Singapore's only mental insitution.Via mysterious events, Kai finds himself in the arms of alien beings called DEETs, regarded as Gods/Demons by humans in antiquity.

The blind extra-terrestrial general, Shun Fong Err, and his hearing impaired partner, Qien Lee Yan, brought Kai to their starship, the Moniang or the Silent Lady. An demon/alien attack on the Moniang and Kai was put into a escape spacepod towards a planet called Auth.

Auth's culture being a lot more open-minded, understanding but sufficiently respectful of human rights, Kai was given a new life in the Nanyang Republic, a country mirrors Singapore without the ableist aspects.