I just thought that once he figured out how to tap into his powers, he didn't need to think about the person anymore. Invulnerability/healing isn't a power that goes off and on, it just is, right?
Except Nathan flew out of his convertible when he didn't want to and without thinking about it, but Peter couldn't fly without concentrarting on it.
Which means I may have just contradicted myself.
Peter couldn't fly without concentrarting on it.
He floated on the rooftop without thinking.
wasn't he all worked up though because he though Nathan didn't believe him?
Yeah, there's definitely an emotional component there.
could they have made his teeth any whiter?
I think Vortex is right. I think at the beginning though, Peter had a different time harnessing his newly-gained powers than the others. Their natural powers (healing, flying, etc.) bubbled up in them, and the power that bubbled up in him was the power to suck in other people's powers. Controlling/harnessing the use of those was something he needed to learn to do. At first, he did it by focusing. Now he's used to having them.
Huh. Nathan was
in the military, too.
I'd lay money that Papa Petrelli
didn't have Powers, even though Mama does.