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|Ancient things stirred. And in that moment between heartbeats, they not only saw me, but they '''knew''' me.
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}}
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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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