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|Ancient things stirred. And in that moment between heartbeats, they not only saw me, but they '''knew''' me.
=== In the nowhere ===
Delvers can be seen by cytonics who attempt to use their powers. Initially, they appear as hundreds of pinpricks of light across a vast blackness, which open to reveal small, white eyes that watch the cytonic.{{book ref|sky1|43}} The effect is often compared the the attention of the entire universe suddenly focusing on the cytonic.{{book ref|sky1|40}} The longer one
The appearance of delver eyes is preceded and accompanied by a pleasant sound, akin to a thousand musical notes playing together in harmony. It grows louder the closer one is to seeing them.{{book ref|sky1|1}}{{book ref|sky1|43}}
Despite their hatred of [[cytonics]], delvers seem to have at least some of their abilities, including:
* '''Illusions''': much like "mind holograms" used by the [[varvax|Krell]] to deceive human cytonics, delvers can create illusions for people that enter their mazes. The illusions are extremely chaotic, overwhelming and nonsensical; however, each is specific to a particular person. As such, two minds are required to discern them from reality.{{book ref|sky2|43}} Cytonics seem to suffer more from this ability, perceiving powerful emotions and illusions emitted by the delver.{{book ref|sky2|43}}
* '''Sense''': delvers do not possess any discernible eyes; rather, they perceive cytonic and radio signals as sounds.{{book ref|sky2|44}}
* '''Detecting cytonics''': delvers are capable of sensing other cytonics, both in nowhere and, seemingly, in physical space.{{book ref|sky1|54}}{{book ref|sky2|43}}
The origins of delvers, if there are any, are unknown, though it's likely they've existed in the [[nowhere]] for thousands, if not millions of years.{{book ref|sky1|54}} Though they existed back in the days of the [[Phone Company]], prior to humanity's expansion outside of the Solar System, even cytonics capable of teleportation weren't capable of seeing them.{{book ref|elysium}}{{wob ref|13429}} [[Superiority]] scholars speculate that a species needs to develop particularly skilled or powerful cytonics for delvers to pay attention.{{book ref|sky2|10}}
The first known appearance of a delver
In total, thirteen delvers emerged into the physical world. They rampaged throughout the galaxy for the next few decades, destroying world after world, before eventually fading away one by one. From then on out, however, they were a constant presence in the [[nowhere]], observing all visitors. For this reason, [[Superiority]], as well as human enclaves, drastically cut down on the use of cytonics and wireless communication, so as to avoid drawing them in again.{{book ref|sky2|10}}
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A century after the Third Human War, the delver threat remained in the public consciousness, although the protective standards grew far more lax.
With rumours of delvers being close to reemergence -- possibly fuelled by Winzik's propaganda -- Superiority set up a program to train people to fight them.{{book ref|sky2|10}} They also developed a supposed weapon that could get rid of them, though in reality, the "weapon" was a cytonic device that would lure a delver to a different planet. This was the primary method by which Winzik would "control" the delvers: set up the lure with coordinates to whichever place he wished destroyed.{{book ref|sky2|31}}
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