Drabble: Tipping Point (Heroes; Kaito, Adam)

[the_grynne]

#2 in a trio of drabbles about Adam, Angela and Kaito. The first was Methuselah, I. Followed by DreamtimeSpoilers for seasons 1-2, and for the deleted scenes which reveal Kaito and Angela's abilities. Contains speculation about the Company. I considered writing this in meta form at first, but then decided this was probably more concise

Comments

[fan_elune]

I don't know why, but I much prefer this one to the previous one. Perhaps just the fact that this gives us an outsider's point of view on Adam, and besides, I've never read much Kaito at all and I do love his voice in this. There is something fascinating seeing how other people see Adam; only fragments, facets of him, and never the full picture. How could anyone encompass the full picture when it changes with every situation, and yet remains unchanged forever?

And I love that last line.

[the_grynne]

Thanks! I like the last line too.

the previous one

The one from Angela's POV or from Adams? Those two (hopefully) balance one another out. Kaito's is more stand-alone.

[fan_elune]

I meant from Adam's, as I hadn't yet read Angela's. Which I've now done, but I stick with this one being my favourite. Why oh why must I suddenly develop a fascination for Kaito, right when my fascination for Angela might just get fulfilled thanks to more onscreen time for her? (Hey, I'm still hoping.)

They're all incredibly strong, sad and powerful, but this one... I don't know. There is something about his voice, his words, something so inevitable. He is a character in a tragedy, with hindsight and the knowledge, that terrible knowledge, that nothing can be made right.

[the_grynne]

Finding out Kaito's ability was like see the piece of the jigsaw that makes everything makes sense. Of course Kaito would have been a leader in the Company when they were performing their "good works", saving the world as Bob said. He would have analysed what was happening around the world, seen trouble at the macro level, and the founders would have prevented that thing from happening but providing the "tipping point". It must be an amazingly God-like power, to be able to do that. But it would make Kaito extremely vulnerable to the "unknown unknowns" (re. Rumsfeld) - variables in those who are closest to him. Like Adam, keeping information about himself a secret.

Kaito loses his idealism after that, I think. He applies his gift to predicting the stock market, things in which he doesn't have too much to lose.

the knowledge, that terrible knowledge, that nothing can be made right.Ironical, that his son should have the power to travel back in time. And yet I think Hiro will one day have to learn the same painful lesson, that even