 He gives out compasses to all members (and some prospective members) of his carnival, all of whom are people with abilities, and these compasses are based on this magnetic force which emanates from people with abilities.It was revealed in "Brother's Keeper" that Samuel can somehow increase his abilities a thousandfold by being close to a specific large number of people with abilities, however it is still somewhat unclear as to whether or not this is related to the force.It is shown that Samuel's powers are weakened by a lack of people with abilities around him as in "Brave New World" he was rendered powerless when all but four other people with powers had been teleported away by Hiro Nakamura.