A flaw can be a strength

In the beginning of Part 2 of Rome's Revolution, Aason is still in utero when Pegus, the leader of the Vuduri on Deucado, decides to inject Rome with a second pair of the 24th chromosome. The goal is to reconnect her to the Overmind of Deucado ostensibly to save the baby.

However, we know that both parties, Rome and Pegus, have their own agendas. What no one considered would be what would happen to Aason when he received the extra chromosomes as well. Pegus had already condemned him as something more than mosdurece (half-blood) but less than a full-blooded Vuduri. Here is his analysis:

     “It is just as I suspected,” Pegus said. “The child’s genetic pairs are asymmetrical. It appears that he only has one normal strand of the 24th chromosome instead of two. There is a second piece of the pair. But it is unlike anything we have ever seen before. In addition, several of his genes have been modified with a protein interlace, a triple helix if you will. I would call it a peptide nucleic acid rather than DNA. I cannot tell what would be its purpose.
     “OMCOM gave me a pill that modified my genetic structure,” Rei said. “It was supposed to fix my back.”
     “Yes, parts of this would make sense,” said Pegus. “But it is the flaw in the 24th chromosome that concerns me. We know the child has a PPT resonance. But his PPT transceivers will only be half-strength. This will allow him to communicate directly, mind-to-mind, as would any Vuduri upon encountering a new samanda. But he would be incapable of ever integrating into the Overmind. This is a shame but not unexpected.”
     “Why would you say that?” Rome asked in breathy tones.
     “Because he is a half-breed,” said Pegus apparently without prejudice. “He is a cross between a 23-chromosome Essessoni and a 24-chromosome Vuduri. No other result could be expected.”
     “So connecting Rome won’t matter,” Rei said, hoping he could stop this operation.
     “On the contrary,” said Pegus smugly. “It is exactly the correct course of action. The only way the baby will be able to understand what is happening is to connect directly with his mother. And the only way he can do that is for us to reactivate Rome’s PPT transceivers. Do you understand?”

Pegus is correct. Aason will always be able to restrict the influx of gravitic modulation into his brain. To Pegus, this is a flaw. However, in the climax of the entire Rome's Revolution saga, it is this very flaw that allows Aason to remain conscious when all the other Vuduri around him have been rendered senseless by the onrushing Stareater.

Without this so-called flaw, the Earth and all its inhabitants would have been destroyed. Not too shabby, huh?