I return to my quarters after the evening meal, the public collection of another enhanced human still fresh in my mind. The cramped space offers temporary refuge from the facility's constant monitoring, but no real security against administrative action once they decide to move from assessment to collection.

  Sitting on my thin mattress, I go over this morning's meeting with Karis in my mind. Based on all that I heard and saw, what specific abilities or neural templates is the Integration Program targeting, and how can I make myself fundamentally incompatible with their requirements?

  The assessment focused heavily on precision telekinesis and molecular manipulation, Karis repeatedly highlighted my neural efficiency during fine control tasks. This suggests they're looking for templates that demonstrate exceptional precision rather than raw power. Not brute force telekinetics who can throw heavy objects, but microsurgeons who can manipulate matter at its fundamental level.

  I extend my telekinetic awareness through my own neural architecture, examining the camouflage construction I've built. The surface pathways display impressive but conventional telekinesis with deliberate limitations. Below this deception lies my true capabilities, molecular manipulation, neural optimization, the precise control necessary for Desta's repair work.

  The current camouflage makes me appear valuable but incomplete, a promising template requiring development. Now it is time to introduce flaws that display fundamental incompatibility with their integration requirements.

  I begin methodically analyzing what Integration would likely prioritize based on Karis's assessment focus:

  Precision over power

  Controlled, predictable application

  Stable neural patterns that can be mapped and extracted

  Complementary architecture that integrates with existing templates

  Methodical, analytical approach to ability application

  To become fundamentally incompatible, I should develop in precisely opposite directions:

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  Raw power over precision

  Chaotic, unpredictable application

  Constantly shifting neural patterns that resist stable mapping

  Contradictory architecture that disrupts rather than complements

  Intuitive, improvisational approach that defies analytical modeling

  This isn't just about hiding my true capabilities, it's about actively becoming what they don't want. Not just a valuable asset hiding its potential, but a fundamentally unsuitable candidate for their specific integration templates.

  I begin modifying my neural camouflage accordingly. Working from the subtle flaws I introduced last night, I restructure them to display raw power with deliberate instability. The telekinetic signature shifts from surgical precision to barely controlled force, still impressive but fundamentally incompatible with fine-detail integration templates.

  The work requires extraordinary concentration, actively constructing an alternative development path that appears natural while making me unsuitable for Karis's purposes. Sweat beads on my forehead as I modify neural junctions, introducing dynamic instability patterns that would make template extraction extraordinarily difficult.

  Hours pass as I reshape the camouflage architecture. By the time I finish, my surface neural pathways present the beginnings of a fundamentally different telekinetic profile, raw power with chaotic application patterns, neural structures that shift unpredictably, and development trending away from the precision-focused templates Karis clearly prioritizes.

  To facility scanning, this will appear as natural extensions of existing flaws, an independent asset whose abilities are evolving along unpredicted paths due to self-directed enhancement without sponsor protocols. Not deliberate sabotage but authentic divergence from their preferred templates.

  The beauty of this approach is that it doesn't require hiding or deception during assessment, I can demonstrate exactly what my neural camouflage suggests, creating a consistent profile that appears authentic while being fundamentally unsuitable for their integration requirements.

  Tomorrow's training sessions will need to reflect this modified approach, demonstrations of raw telekinetic power with deliberate control issues rather than the precise manipulation I've displayed previously. Not incompetence, but a fundamentally different application methodology that contradicts their template requirements.

  If the Integration Program truly selects based on complementary neural architecture for composite systems, presenting fundamentally incompatible architecture should theoretically make me less valuable as a candidate. Not worthless, but requiring significant modification before becoming suitable for their purposes, potentially enough to prioritize more compatible assets in the short term.

  Even if this doesn't get me kicked out of the program entirely, it will still buy crucial time for Desta's neural repairs to progress while maintaining actual independence rather than faction protection.

  I check the time, it's almost time for meeting Helena at Junction K-7.