Sylar could tell from Elle's tone of voice that her strange amusement with the situation was starting to wear off. He wasn't surprised by this, although he did actually find himself momentarily disappointed. As odd as he had found her bizarre positive attitude regarding her situation, he realized now that it had actually worked in his favor. He had not had to constantly force her to follow along with everything, which had saved a lot of time and effort.
Now that he finally had a goal in mind here, and Elle played a crucial role in it, he begrudgingly admitted to himself that now was no time to ruin things. So the next time he leaned forward to talk to her, he made sure he was smiling, and he tried to lay on some of the charm that he had used to fool countless others before her.
So...tell me...do you have any ideas on how we can go about doing that? I'd...love to hear them." Besides trying to get her back to his side, Sylar's question was also an honest one - he certainly had no ideas on how to find Bennet in a city as large as L.A.