06 ★ sixth promise | video
[Here is your very put-out senator, people, not amused at your shenanigans over here. Keep your thoughts to yourselves before you make us all look bad 8||| ]
This is Senator Petrelli, for those who haven't met me yet. I just wanted to take a moment to address rumors going around concerning this sudden epidemic of... what appears to be the ability to read minds.
First of all, this is not a localized problem. It appears to be affecting the entire known galaxy, and no one has a good explanation for why.
Certain groups are looking to blame this on us, again, but there's no evidence that this has any connection to our continued existence here. The only correlation they've been able to find is an increase in Outworlder arrivals over the past two months, which is not in any way conclusive support for the argument that this is our fault.
Others are claiming this has something to do with a mass distribution of glitterstim, potentially in the food or water supply, but there's been no proof of this either.
[and now it's suddenly time for the Nathan Petrelli broadcast hour] But for the love of God, if any of you are stupid enough to actually be using glitterstim, dispose of it before they use that to pin this on us too.
[He doesn't seem to notice that that was recorded too, and continues on] Some people are wondering if this might be connected to a person's innate Force sensitivity, but it seems to be affecting everyone equally. In other words, there is no reason to believe that just because someone has fallen prey to this affliction, that they represent a danger to their friends or loved ones. [The unspoken implication being that all you untrained Force users are DANGEROUS AS SHIT 8| ] And lucky for me too, otherwise I'd be probably be likely to end up transmitting every thought too, if Pete's right about his whole... Force crap being connected to having powers back home. And that's the last thing I want anyone out there to put together.
[He looks out of frame, looking slightly annoyed, as someone is apparently flagging him down for some reason. He puts a hand over the mic for a second and then leans over as someone comes to whisper in his ear. His face drains of color. There's a voice in the background going 'cut the damn transmission!' if you listen close enough. Nathan looks back at the camera, obviously at a loss for how to salvage this]
... Apparently, as I said.... none of us are immune. [He looks down then just says] I urge everyone to stay calm until we find the source of this.
... Thank you. [/CUTS IT OFF QUICKLY]