His eyes darted back and forth down the hallway as he tried to divide his attention between keeping himself composed and turning on his flashlight–
He slammed into something in the darkness and stumbled back against the wall. His light, now on, shot up, and... Claire's face. Surprised, but not afraid – in fact, her body's tension relaxed in the moment that Sylar stared at her. The alienness of it stopped him cold for a second.
Then, with instinct he both could and couldn't understand, he smiled and straightened from the wall.
"Hey, Claire..." He raised a hand to scratch through his ridiculously shaggy hair. He grinned weakly. "You scared me."
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His eyes darted back and forth down the hallway as he tried to divide his attention between keeping himself composed and turning on his flashlight–
He slammed into something in the darkness and stumbled back against the wall. His light, now on, shot up, and... Claire's face. Surprised, but not afraid – in fact, her body's tension relaxed in the moment that Sylar stared at her. The alienness of it stopped him cold for a second.
Then, with instinct he both could and couldn't understand, he smiled and straightened from the wall.
"Hey, Claire..." He raised a hand to scratch through his ridiculously shaggy hair. He grinned weakly. "You scared me."