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{{magic system
|prereq=Being descended from someone with the ability
|universe=[[Cytoverse]]
|books=[[Skyward (series)]], [[Defending Elysium]]{{wob ref|12403}}
}}
{{update|sf2|sky3|sf3|sky4}}
{{for|Cytonic (book)|the third book in the Skyward series}}
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{{image|Spensa by cccrystalclear.jpg|side=right|width=250px|[[Spensa]] surrounded by [[delver]] eyes}}
The first cytonics developed due to sapient creatures being exposed over generations to the energies of the [[nowhere]], gradually leaking in through nowhere portals.{{book ref|sky3|11}}
One of the first races to rediscover cytonics after this disaster seems to have been the [[kitsen]] '''shadow-walkers''', who used teleportation to travel between their [[Kitsen homeworld|homeworld]] and Earth, where they would interact with ancient humans.{{book ref|sky2|17}} However, the shadow-walkers eventually departed both worlds, never to be seen again.{{book ref|sky2|26}} It was eventually discovered that they had accidentally trapped themselves in the [[nowhere]] through an attempt to open a nowhere gate, and with no remaining kitsen cytonics, there was
Much later, during humanity's forays into the solar system, the [[Phone Company]] attempted to develop cybernetic-based telepathic linking, nicknamed '''
The [[delver|delvers]] were created from an AI built by Jason Write in the image of his lost wife, Lana. Exposure to the energies of the nowhere caused this unnamed AI to develop sapience, but only a few days afterwards Jason Write was killed in an accident. Lacking the emotional maturity to process her loss, the AI rewrote herself to erase her memories of Jason as well as any possibility of developing new emotional connections, before retreating to the lightburst and replicating herself many thousand times. In the process, the delvers inadvertently left a copy of their memories encoded at the Solitary Shadow portal. This also changed the nowhere, causing anyone in it to gradually lose their memories unless anchored to reality through reality ashes or through proximity to fragments or other sapients.
During the Second [[Human War]], mankind attempted to augment their military by summoning the delvers.{{book ref|sky2|19}} This went horribly wrong; not only did the delvers turn against their would-be controllers, but they rampaged across space unchecked before eventually fading away.{{book ref|sky2|10}}{{book ref|sky2|4}} From then on out, however, they were a constant presence for all cytonics. Fearful of them, the [[Superiority]] made a transition away from using cytonic abilities, with the singular exception of FTL technology, necessary for interstellar travel.{{book ref|sky2|10}} Humans likewise came to fear the "defect" for the threat it carried with them, leading to nearly all knowledge of the abilities disappearing on worlds like [[Detritus]].{{book ref|sky1|i|1}}
== Mechanics ==
Cytonics encompass a number of abilities powered by the living mind. Some of them can be augmented by electronics, and through this shared to populations that don't possess them.{{book ref|elysium}} In humans, use of cytonics is signified by increased activity in the section of the brain called the '''Writellum'''.
While any single cytonic can utilize the whole set of psychic abilities, people tend to specialize, leaning more towards specific applications of the power rather than mastering all of them.{{wob ref|13132}}
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