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Empathy
| Empathy | |
|---|---|
 Claire, Sylar, and Peter appear on Lydia's back. | |
| Held by: | Lydia |
| Ability to: | Feel the emotions, thoughts, hopes, desires, and dream of others |
| Examples of empathy | |
Empathy is the ability to feel the emotions, thoughts, hopes, desires, and dreams of others. Lydia expresses this in the tattoos she possesses.
Characters
- Lydia is the only character known to have this ability. (Orientation)
Limits
Lydia appears to know the names of people painted on her back (Orientation). She was able to give out Danko and Hiro Nakamura's names after Samuel put ink onto her. It is unknown if it's the only way for her to tell names.
Fourteen years ago at the Sullivan Bros. Carnival, Lydia was said to use her ability (Stolen Fate). She saw a baby on fire in a crystal Edgar stole from a fortune teller, while Edgar saw elder versions of himself and Lydia kissing. The fortune teller claimed the crystal is "just a hunk of quartz" and "another prop"--however, she added that Lydia's power polluted it.
Examples
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Lydia knows Hiro's name and information about him when a tattoo of him appears on her back.
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Notes
- Samuel and Lydia often use their abilities together. Samuel places ink on Lydia's back, and seems to make the ink take shape in the form of a tattoo. Lydia then uses her ability to give information about the tattoo.
See Also
- For the ability to locate others, see clairvoyance.
- For the ability to mimic the powers of others through empathy, see empathic mimicry.
- For the ability to manipulate the emotions of others, see empathic manipulation.
- For the ability to sense others' thoughts and emotions, see telepathy.
- For more on Lydia's body art, see Lydia's tattoos.