Sylar laughs at House's protest, and sounds like- the running is working? Except the crackling noise and footsteps seem to be getting farther away, then closer, then to the right? And now about the same distance one would expect. If either of them looks back, they'll see Sylar occasionally moving so fast he's practically teleporting, sometimes jittering in place like a messed-up videotape.
He sees that Will is protecting House. That's fine, he wants Will first. And hey, maybe if they're both touching each other he can connect the circuit through both of them at once. He just needs to actually make it there....
They're close to the shack when he zips right next to Will. Wasting no time, he reaches out and grasps, and every nerve of Will's will feel like it's on fire. And perhaps it's not even noticeable to a man like Will, the way some thought patterns turn over from pain to something that's not quite himself. The intense loneliness, the idea to force people to recognize him, to realize that his existence is just as valid as the 'real' people, the thought that maybe he can connect them all anyway and they can just...stay together like that...
It's not Will's thoughts, but it's what he's thinking- or at least part of what he's thinking. To House, it looks like Sylar appeared and disappeared. But some sparks remain on Will, jumping from ear to shoulder, from finger to finger, as if he's collecting a hell of a lot of static charges.
cw: ??? depersonalization maybe?, over-taking thoughts
He sees that Will is protecting House. That's fine, he wants Will first. And hey, maybe if they're both touching each other he can connect the circuit through both of them at once. He just needs to actually make it there....
They're close to the shack when he zips right next to Will. Wasting no time, he reaches out and grasps, and every nerve of Will's will feel like it's on fire. And perhaps it's not even noticeable to a man like Will, the way some thought patterns turn over from pain to something that's not quite himself. The intense loneliness, the idea to force people to recognize him, to realize that his existence is just as valid as the 'real' people, the thought that maybe he can connect them all anyway and they can just...stay together like that...
It's not Will's thoughts, but it's what he's thinking- or at least part of what he's thinking. To House, it looks like Sylar appeared and disappeared. But some sparks remain on Will, jumping from ear to shoulder, from finger to finger, as if he's collecting a hell of a lot of static charges.