It is uncertain why he had his extrasensory organs surgically altered. Some speculate that it was the love of a human woman. Other say it was an expression of rebellion, an attitude so common to Kel-Dor of that age. Whatever the reasons, at the age of 16 Daktal paid a surgeon to alter the sensory organs atop his head by lacerating them and grafting excess flesh in addition to chemically altering their pigment to black. The results are long, thick bands that protrude from his head much like Leku, only smaller. He has been known to refer to them as his hair. Unfortunately, this vanity cost him the use of much of his telepathic-like powers that are common to all Kel-Dor. This sort of "psychic isolation" made him an outcast in Kel-Dor society and very few of his race would socialize with him.