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[It's a convention center. Is it Comic-Con? Dragon*Con? Who knows. But it's not an anime con though. This isn't Hiro's dream. Sylar's never even been to a con so maybe it's not his, either. But he's here. Among the swarms of nerds who haven't showered, are wearing disturbingly ill-fitting cosplay, or both, he's leaning against a display with his arms crossed, scanning the area for escape routes.

Peter is really fucking lucky he cares. >:( ]

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I'm not -- I'm just here for a friend.

If you'd rather be doing something else, what would you prefer?

I don't know. There are worse things that being here.

I might look like this, but I haven't really come to one before, either. It's sort of fun; everyone's very energetic.

It might be a little too high key for me. But I guess he likes it, so.

So you only came for friendship?

Something like that.

I wonder if I would do that.

Do you have friends?

What a question.

[Which, of course, doesn't answer it. But didn't he just see her the center of everyone's attention?

Yeah. It had been about as real as when she'd brainwashed her class to treat her that same way, gushing over her lunch, sharing theirs with her, jostling each other to talk to her. It had disappeared the second she loosened her spell, just like everyone here will forget her in an hour.]

Is it that hard to answer?

Just maybe.

I don't rely on things like 'friends'.

You're probably better off that way.

However, there are people I feel closer to than others.

Yeah?

I don't feel like deciding whether that's 'friends'. Being 'allies' is fine enough.

That's more than some people get.

Like you? Is that what you mean?

Maybe.

So we're similar, a little bit. [That mistrust of friendship, and yet that desire for it, that's hounded her all her life.]

Yeah, sure. Why not. I guess you could say that.

[To her, perhaps, it's much more significant than it seems to him; but the difference doesn't seem to bother her.]

Since you seem to be separated from your friend, shall we look around together awhile?

I'm not separated, he's over there--

[Just have a big smile, Sylar. She likes you! Really. This is how she shows her affection.]

But really. I should find him.