Just a review of what Sylar can do because it can get a bit confusing and I'm sure a lot of people have Lost track.
It's been insinuated pretty strongly that Sylar gains his abilities through 'Intuitive Aptitude'. He uses his understanding of how things work that this entails to study the brains of people with abilities to see how theirs works differently to people who don't have their ability. Using this information he can somehow change his own brain functions so that he too can access the ability. The potential for abilities revolves around the myth that we only use 10% of our brain potential,...
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