Jacob was raised by Samuel and Caroline Matthews, when Jacob was 7, his parents went away for "undisclosed reasons". Jacob was all alone in the house/lab with Samantha the A.I.

Ron was the first friend he had in his life.

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Jacob's power of flight lets him soar into the sky's

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Jacob is quite optimistic, not being afraid to show how he feels physically. because of his prolonged absence of a human relationship(no he could see people by fast traveling) he tends to get attached to them such as Ron.