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Message: <blockquote data-quote="F5" data-source="post: 3865713" data-attributes="member: 4607">Don't forget that both of them had parents who were probably powered as well.  Ma Patrelli was around Nathan the night he first manifested his powers, and presumably, Kaito was in the office when Hiro first stopped time.  We never actually saw any of their powers, but they had enough involvement with powered people that some kind of contact seemed inevitable.I've been toying with another idea about how powers are activated.  Maybe it's not so much that you get the power you need, but that you get the power you're given by someone else?*HRG wants, more than anything, to keep claire safe: she can regenerate any injury.*Gabriel's mother wants her son to be Special: we get Sylar.*Micah wants his dad back: DL can walk through walls*Matt's wife wants him to know what she's thinking without having to tell him: we get Mindreader Matt.*Hiro wants Kensai to stay alive: another regenerator*Ma Petrelli wants a hero that can change the world: Peter.It's maybe a bit of a stretch, but it seems that the power you get is partially the power you need, and partially the power that someone else needs you to have.</blockquote>