their dispassionate approach was further supported by certain scribes who had actually been to the cave and spoken to the seers , and who , despite the arrogance inherent to most scribes , claimed that these creatures were indeed extraordinary , and possessed powers beyond the human scope the most amazing of which was their ability to read ones mind and respond directly to the questions therein without parting their lips ( and this claim was also substantiated by many common pilgrims , who said they had felt as though the seers knew everything about them at first sight , despite the blind-looking milkiness of their eyes ) .