Child
Waif
Waif noun - A homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned.
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Waif Prophet: Gabe, a non-verbal autistic child, is one of the few people who can see through the Devil's disguises.
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Waif Prophet: As a fatherless child, Merlin not only reveals the secret of why the walls of Vortigern's fortress of Dinas Emrys collapse every night, but also delivers a prophecy of Britain's future.
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It could be argued that she is a Waif Prophet instead, due to her being a child, and having something that is like a mental illness, after a fashion.
Source: Oracular Urchin
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