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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 3312993" data-attributes="member: 115">I was thinking about this today (too much free time).  I don't think HRG does anything to them to make them manifest, possibly Hana aside.I personally think, at this point, that what they do is amplify (or maybe advance is a better word) a person's abilities several-fold, which has the unfortunate side-effect of giving them a level of abilities that they can't control.  Matt's ability gets a lot better after seeing HRG, but he also has problems controlling it.  Ted may have also been the same, unable to control it and killing his wife, as well as the scene with Matt/Audrey.  We don't quite see it in the comic, but Hana may also have had that problem.Either way, we're only just now seeing Ted and Matt start to be able to control their powers at that enhanced level.  They probably would have gotten there eventually, and had that degree of control necessary for that level of power.  HRG just gave them a shortcut.I think that may have been the reason for the accident in the past as well - too much power, without the years of control.</blockquote>