 Tommy is left emotional at seeing himself with Hiro and after his escape from the Eternal Fortress, realizes he can split himself in two with Hiro's powers.Erica Kravid tells Tommy that not even Hiro could do that, but Tommy tells her Hiro trained him for his whole life in using his powers and he had "an eternity" in the Eternal Fortress to practice.Tommy later rescues Noah from being killed and shows him how seven years in the past, Angela Petrelli determined that the only way for Tommy and Malina to save the world was to have a human conduit for their powers.