And, in that moment, Delphi realized he'd made another mistake.
A variation on the same mistake he'd made before, actually.
Both times, he underestimated the strength of an Azurian telepath.
The specific mistake this time:
He looked into Tika's single, opened eye...
which allowed Tika to look into his.
Into his eyes.
Into his soul.
To deliver a telepathic and multi-dimensional bomb.