Learn to work with what you have, not what you'd like to have. [The reply is immediate. John had trained more than one new recruit in survival skills for Afghanistan. And the realities of war were that you didn't always have the things that would make your life on the battlefield safer and easier.]
Forget about what abilities you've lost. What can you do? Fine, detailed work. That's a trained skill; it's not a talent. You understand clockwork and, I'm guessing, general mechanical principles as a result of working with clockwork for so long. Again, that's training. You don't need any special abilities to call on that knowledge.
You're observant for details. Maybe not as much as you once were, but you still notice things. You can perform tasks assigned to you efficiently if you're given adequate instruction.
You're large. You might not be very strong, but size is still a general boon if there's any physical labor that needs doing. [Or high shelves that need reaching.]
What else do you have to work with, Sylar? List it out.
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30/11/16 05:43 (UTC)Forget about what abilities you've lost. What can you do? Fine, detailed work. That's a trained skill; it's not a talent. You understand clockwork and, I'm guessing, general mechanical principles as a result of working with clockwork for so long. Again, that's training. You don't need any special abilities to call on that knowledge.
You're observant for details. Maybe not as much as you once were, but you still notice things. You can perform tasks assigned to you efficiently if you're given adequate instruction.
You're large. You might not be very strong, but size is still a general boon if there's any physical labor that needs doing. [Or high shelves that need reaching.]
What else do you have to work with, Sylar? List it out.