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12
"We've been waiting for your return, Mr. Petrelli."
"What does the Company want with Claire?" he returns shortly. The others have the thermal vision glasses and tranquillizer darts associated with the Company, weapons that have been trained on Peter Petrelli before.
"Claire is a lever. A necessary precaution, to ensure that you give our proposition a fair hearing. We're not the Company, but in certain respects, our aims are similar. Are you listening, Mr. Petrelli?"
She makes to tug the nail. They stop breathing. Bennet wants to shoot - but if she falls, she'll jerk the nail down. The nurse smiles.