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Theory	Citations	Notes
This ability can bring people back to life.	None	+ Arthur stated that when he takes someone's ability, he "leaves nothing behind". Matt Jr. was able to turn Hiro's ability back on after Arthur took it. - Arthur could be lying. - Arthur most likely never heard of someone whose abilities he took getting them back. He would think that he leaves nothing behind. • He was a Company founder, and considering his age, there's a chance he met someone with his ability. - Still doesn't mean that he, or anyone else with power absorption ever heard of someone who was rendered powerless by that ability having their own abilities restored by someone else. - Arthur isn't known to be a Company chairperson, like Linderman, Bob and Angela are. In fact, he's only known to run a law firm and Pinehearst. • Actually, he could be - the way he treated Linderman in Villains hints he was in charge. • Yet it doesn't confirm it. • What does Hiro's power being restored have to do with whether or not activation and deactivation can resurrect the dead? - An entire organism is much more complex than an ability. • It depends on what you mean by bringing the dead back to life. If a person was dying (or had only been dead for a minute or two), then activation could 'force-start' the person's system, maintaining (or restoring) blood and oxygen flow to the brain. However, it would probably be useless on, say, a week-dead corpse.