lostinthecosmere

I admit that I didn't think about no one recognizing his powers. However, in defense of the theory maybe if the professor was digzone he hid the fact that he was a healer and could produce a shield which seems to be common thing to do among the epics so other people wouldn't be fully aware of your capabilities. This might lead people to not connect him to digzone because they never knew about those abilities. Furthermore, maybe no one really knew what digzone's powers look like in action. I suggest this because from what I remember there is no indication that anyone except digzone and the digger that went crazy were privy to how the underground was made. By which I mean I don't think anyone got to watch them make it. So maybe no one really saw digzone use his powers. Plus, the fact that he hit the wall and makes a swords indicates that he can manipulate the matter into didn't shapes or maybe I read that wrong. I will throw out there that maybe the reason why the tensors make circles could be as simple as it is the easiest ways to make tunnels with the professors powers (circles in my mind would be easier to make because they lack all those corners and straight lines that those evil squares have). Thus they would only require of a little bit of the professor's power which vibes well with the professor gifting them only a little of his powers. On why steelheart didn't recognized him front I will throw something else out there. This might be stretching but maybe steelheart didn't recognized him because he never actually met digzone in person. Hear me out. I don't remember the book saying that they every actually met just that steelheart commissioned him to make the underground with workers. From what I can tell steelheart does not bother himself with mundane tasks he can easily assign to his minions. So maybe he just told his minions that he wants to make an underground city and they should get that epic who makes holes to help and left the rest up to them. Steelheart doesn't seem to bother himself with lesser epics and there is no indication that he thought digzone was anything more then a lesser epic which means he could of thought is wasn't worth his time to personally make digzone build the underground so he just left it up to his people to do. Kind of like the fact that he has lesser epics (illusionist) in his police forces and I doubt he knows all there faces. Another thing that indicates to me that digzone was not high ranking enough for steelhearts attention is that he just disappeared after the workers went crazy. I get the feeling that steelhearts inner circle is a club you don't get to willingly leave. Not to mention that steelheart can be paranoid and if he thought that digzone was very powerful it seems likely that he wouldn't just let him disappear without being able to track his whereabouts. Steelheart like complete control of the situation. Which is why I think digzone was below steelhearts notice. I might be going out on a limb here but I like thinking about all the different possiblilites.

HI I'm a longer time reader but first time poster. Sorry if I was suppose to this in the introducing myself forum since this is my first time but i just thought is would be more appropriate here. I just finished reading the book and I was wondering if you guys thought it was possible that the professor was digzone in the past. I suggest this because well he has the ability to make the underground (dig using matter disruption or something like that) and he has the ability to gift his abilities. I assume digzone must possess both these abilities or at least something similar to the dig/matter disruption ability. Also, the professor seems to know intimately how gifting your abilities will affect the one receiving the gifts. Which I say would fit if the reason the diggers went crazy was because digzone was gifting them to much and the epic mental effect causes them to go crazy. Not to mention if he was digzone then he would be in charge of building the underground which would explain why him and tia have such detail maps of the steel catacombs and the rest of underground. However, there are two obvious things that go against this theory that I can't explain. One is that the tensor/Reckoners seem to make circle holes well the the underground is squared but maybe that has to do with the tensor focusing the professor's power in a particular way, idk. The other one is the bigger problem which is that if he was digzone then he once worked for steelheart which means steelheart would of recognized him. Back to the positive things that go towards the theory. There is also the fact that professor seems to harbor the same hate for steelheart as David (David comments on seeing the same look in his eye) which to me at least suggest they have some past history with each other. Lastly, I don't remember the book ever saying what happened to digzone after the diggers went crazy. However, they did talk about him in my opinion like he is no longer affecting the city. Which implies to me he is either dead or no longer working for steelheart and I don't remember the book ever mentioning he died. (Sorry ahead time if it did mention what happened to him and I just totally missed it while reading which would render this whole theory/post pointless. So what do you guys think? p.s. Sorry if this topic was mentioned before I didn't see it.