As Kim moves away, Sylar, very carefully, begins working to ease himself upright. It happens in fits and starts as the continued pain -- and the need to catch his breath -- halts him every few seconds.

When he's done, he pauses for a moment with both hands flat against the blanket, arms shifting unsteadily as his head swims.

And then he meets Kim's eyes, all semblance of the earlier daze gone.