"You're not pathetic." [Sylar took the liberty of translating, to ensure they were on the same wavelength, to ensure he understood. Something about the way West talked about it suggested it wasn't something he told everyone. Maybe Sylar was just reading into things too deep again, but it pleased him nonetheless.]

"Maybe he's the same.. That he--" [Sylar didn't like the word "function" since his and Prefect's argument about the Factory, even if they were on good terms again.] "..needs your help in his own way. People don't give so much without getting something in return. In helping you, he's probably fulfilling some desire or flaw of his own."