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Well, I've finally been moved to a suitable Habitation and the interrogation and Intensive Testing chambers are all but indestructible. Life is good. My most recent charge was quite useful in testing the adaptability of said chambers, in fact.
For better or worse.
Thuban is… well, he's… complicated. It's hard to tell whether his powers influence his mood, or his mood influences his powers, but either way he has an unreal case of Bipolarism; bordering on multiple personalities. Said intelligence is barely noticeable, but certain constants stand out from the variables. For instance, though he seems loth to hold onto one idea or possession for too long, he has a favorite coat he always wears. He also seems to get along rather well with others; though only with certain individuals at certain times.
His power spectrum seems to be a writhing nexus of unrestrained void energy, taking wildly different forms and effects. Through much observation, though, we've whittled them down to four states/personalities: the Jovial, the Silvertongue, the Stoic, and the Impulsive. The boys' emotions conform to these states; and, though fully aware of his choices in other states, he can openly disagree with those choices. In other words, each personality is aware of the others, and are just masks over a unifying intelligence. Each side of his psyche seems to express itself in different ways, the most distinguishable being color: thus the manifestations of his powers give off a different color of light depending on the state. Said manifestations, however, are far more intriguing. First, he seems to radiate energy with wildly varying effect and magnitude depending on his sta-… look, let's just call them "elements" for my sake- "Element" and emotional state. In fact, inanimate objects left in his presence too long in a period of particularly great stress physically change over time to reflect it. This phenomenon is most noticeable in his Coat (though I hesitate to call it that after… well I'll get to that), which, having gone through the void with him, is positively teeming with his energy, and adapts its shape to suit him incredibly well. I doubt I need tell you how useful User-Adaptive armour would be for the Dax Corps; and even perhaps the slave troops, if need be. Especially given its… protective tendencies. When I said armour, I meant simply a coat like the boys; I dare not dream of what Actual kinetic armour could do, charged with his energy! Just the boys coat seems strong enough though: nigh indestructible, temperature resistant, and self-aware, it seems. I'm not kidding. We were testing the boy's' blindfolded reflexes when (courtesy of a distressed Hale) all sound cut out. We had no time to stop the test before a projectile was lobbed at his back, and before even the boy was aware, it was stopped. The Coat-shell had extended and caught it in mid-air before dropping it harmlessly at his feet. There is no way he could have seen or heard it coming, and I highly doubt he smelt it. If a simple cloth coat can stop a bladed disc at high velocity, what could true armour, in the hands of a trained soldier no less, do? That's not all, either! His energy, as stated before, can influence any object; albeit only with very long-term exposure. The only kink in his otherwise perfect armory is his instability. He cannot reliably control his powers, or even himself. While this is a problem in many, if not all, the children, he seems especially vulnerable to mood swings and traumatic episodes. Or maybe his powers constantly shift, causing the emotional chaos? I don't know, but regardless: he is prime material for weaponization research. That is, after all, my job. Now if only that monitor of theirs would remember Hers…