[yellowjack]

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I thought the whole point of the "I'm dying" was to show Hiro that even if she got on the plane to Tokyo etc...nothing would change..she was going to die soon regardless

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Yeah, we don't actually know that Charlie's brains were picked apart. This was implied when it happened, but maybe it was from the aneurysm? Obv this doesn't explain Sylar's presence.