Oh! Yeah, I like that a lot too. Helps that mine are really useful. I use em to take apart things in my lab all the time. It's really good at...like, you ever seen one of those exploded blueprints? I can do that with components if I know what I'm doing.
Exactly. I mean, there's some trial and error? I learn a lot about something new if I take it apart. But if I don't know anything I just kind of wreck it.
... What about you? I mean - uh, I know your power's dangerous, but ... I don't know anything about it, I guess.
I'm... Well, I'm a pyrokinetic. It's not as rare as yours, I know. It came on when I was a teenager--actually, I burned down the school gym. Not that anyone knew that it was me.
[ Oh. There's a sharp, terrified little intake of breath there. When he speaks again, he doesn't quite succeed at keeping the wobble out of his throat. Not because he's recognized Sylar - not at all. He's just terrified of that particular powerset. ]
That's - bad. Yeah. Really bad. Did anyone get hurt?
[ Interesting little noise. Gabriel is careful; wary. ]
If it had been in the middle of a game, maybe, but there were just a few of us in there at the time, and the cheerleaders were practicing their stunts. I got a bit hot behind the collar, and next thing I knew there was smoke, and the sprinklers were going off.
Me too. But that's exactly the thing. It's emotionally driven, and even now I still haven't necessarily gotten control of it. Someone might get hurt some time. It could happen.
... Well, you're in luck there. I'm already working on a band for someone who wants his pyrokinesis blocked. So making something for you shouldn't be too hard.
Practice? And - well, I have more trouble when it's something I haven't built myself. But if I built a receiver that small that can interact with them... Maybe then.
[ But when has that stopped Hiro? Never. He sounds more determined and fascinated than put off by the prospect of doing real harm. ]
I mean, the nanites are what give us our powers in the first place? And they speed up our healing. So in theory, if you can directly control 'em, you could do anything with your body. Wouldn't that be worth trying?
[ It sounds too matter or fact. It's a slither of Sylar. He'd rather not depend on nanomachines to alter himself, and he doesn't have to. ]
But I mean, if they heal us they might do the opposite too. They might be holding back diseases or temporal disruption or--anything, really. Maybe we need them, and the healing is just a side effect.
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[ Yes he could. ]
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... What about you? I mean - uh, I know your power's dangerous, but ... I don't know anything about it, I guess.
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That's - bad. Yeah. Really bad. Did anyone get hurt?
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If it had been in the middle of a game, maybe, but there were just a few of us in there at the time, and the cheerleaders were practicing their stunts. I got a bit hot behind the collar, and next thing I knew there was smoke, and the sprinklers were going off.
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[ He's seen how little his brother has been sleeping lately. ]
I might even be able to change it for you. To something you can use.
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[ Almost, but not quite. That's a hard limit on size and complexity - not that Hiro knows it yet. ]
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[ But when has that stopped Hiro? Never. He sounds more determined and fascinated than put off by the prospect of doing real harm. ]
I mean, the nanites are what give us our powers in the first place? And they speed up our healing. So in theory, if you can directly control 'em, you could do anything with your body. Wouldn't that be worth trying?
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[ It sounds too matter or fact. It's a slither of Sylar. He'd rather not depend on nanomachines to alter himself, and he doesn't have to. ]
But I mean, if they heal us they might do the opposite too. They might be holding back diseases or temporal disruption or--anything, really. Maybe we need them, and the healing is just a side effect.
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Maybe. But that's what experimenting is for. To find out that kind of thing.
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