Desta's quarters provide the perfect environment for intensive neural repair work, minimal surveillance, reduced monitoring priority, and established cover narrative through the psychological support framework. The cramped space feels almost comforting in its simplicity, nothing but essential furnishings and no excess technology that might register unexpected energy signatures.

  I sit cross-legged on the floor opposite her, our knees nearly touching in the confined space. "Let's push a bit harder tonight," I say, keeping my voice low despite the reduced audio monitoring. "Speed up repairs."

  She nods, closing her eyes as I begin the repair work. Her breathing slows to a measured rhythm, body relaxing into the process we've refined over our previous sessions.

  The neural repair proceeds more efficiently than before, my techniques improving with practice while Desta's architecture shows increasing responsiveness to restoration efforts. The synthetic blockers remain challenging to bypass, but each session creates new neural bridges that gradually restore function while maintaining the appearance of continued suppression.

  As I work, Desta's expression changes subtly, fleeting micro-expressions suggesting increased neural activity as the camouflage fields interact with her restored pathways.

  After nearly an hour of focused work, I gradually withdraw my telekinetic awareness, maintaining the containment field until fully disengaged.

  "Testing initial functionality," she murmurs, eyes closed in concentration.

  The lights in her quarters flicker briefly, not malfunction but deliberate manipulation. Her technokinetic abilities interacting with the simple environmental systems without triggering security alerts. The synthetic blockers remain in place physically, but our neural bridges have created functional pathways that bypass suppression while camouflage fields prevent detection.

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  "System access expanding beyond local parameters," she reports, voice barely audible. "Can perceive facility network architecture to Level 3 security clearance. No manipulation capability yet, but information gathering functional within contained radius."

  This represents significant breakthrough, not just theoretical restoration but practical technokinetic functionality manifesting in ways facility monitoring systems won't detect due to our neural camouflage work.

  "The masking should show destroyed architecture to any scanning," I explain, wiping sweat from my forehead. "Showing random fluctuations consistent with Null classification rather than coordinated restoration."

  Desta opens her eyes, something approaching satisfaction visible despite her typically neutral expression. "Efficient implementation. Masked protection provides operational security while enabling continued development beneath detection thresholds."

  We sit in silence for several minutes, both processing the implications of this successful camouflage implementation. Her technokinetic abilities now not only partially restored but effectively hidden from facility monitoring, free to develop along natural pathways without triggering security responses.

  "This changes our strategic position significantly," I observe. "Information gathering capabilities without detection risk provides intelligence advantages beyond anything faction networks can access."

  "Facility systems contain comprehensive data beyond classification parameters," Desta confirms. "Security protocols, transport schedules, enhancement templates, all potentially accessible as interface capabilities expand."

  The potential applications stretch far beyond our immediate survival needs—understanding the facility's true operations, identifying vulnerabilities in control systems, potentially even accessing information about the outside world beyond these walls.

  I rise from the floor, legs stiff from extended immobility during the intensive neural work. "We should maintain regular sessions to reinforce camouflage architecture while continuing repairs."

  Desta nods, standing with noticeable improvement in physical coordination—another sign of neural optimization extending beyond just technokinetic pathways. "Psychological support narrative provides coverage for extended contact patterns. Additional benefit: legitimate productivity improvements in agricultural sector maintain administrative approval."