"I never said you were a fool," he answered calmly, tilting his head to one side. "You're anything but, Mohinder. You're the only person who's ever managed to stop me, and you did it all by yourself."

Never mind the fact that he could think of other people who'd managed to take him down. The Company. Peter and his friends. But Suresh was the only one who had done it without help, the only one for whom he managed more than a brief twinge of fear. That was saying something and, even beyond that, it was best to make Mohinder feel good about himself, right now. Illusions of control were such a wonderful thing.

"But ... may I tell you something?"