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Nora had always found the Institute beautiful.

The architecture and cleanliness was such a contrast to the surface. Out there was nothing but dirt and radiation and in here she had a clean bed and purified water. She could spend a days looking a the sterile world of the Institute but there was something far more pressing she needed to do.

She headed up to the room that she had first meet "Father" because she needed to see the son she never got to know. Shawn's cancer had infected every part of his body and was entirely bedridden now. He wasn't moving when she entered the room but he was still alive. Just sleeping.

Nora took the chair next to his bed and prepaid to wait until he awoke. No matter how pressing her goals might be, he was still her son. She would wait because he was in constant pain and delusional half the time and sleeping was the only time he got any peace.

Awhile later a synth brought her a drink from the cantina and offered her condolences.

"You know Father is a great man. You should be proud." she said. "And im sure that he is proud to have you as a mother."

"Thanks. I needed to hear that...How has his condition been?" questioned Nora.

"Oh he was lucid all day last week. Lately he's been sleeping alot. I'm afraid he won't last out the month." the woman's face fell as she spoke of the death of her creator. "But at least we will have someone like you to guide us after he has left us."

Nora only nodded mutely and soon after the woman left.

Shawn woke later into the day and seemed dazed. He was old when Nora had meet him but the sickness was taking its toll on his body. He was so thin now, he vomited out everything he ate, and his face and eyes were so sunken. He looked paper thin and extremely fragil.

"Hello Shawn." said Nora softley.

Shawn turned his head and looked at her and after a look of recognition passed across his face.

"Hello Mom."

He had never said that to her before. He always called her my her name. The sound of it filled Nora with a maternal fierceness that she hadn't felt for the man before. She wasn't there for him while he was growing up but now, at the end, time seemed to fall away. He was her helpless little baby again. And she would be here for him this time.

"I'm sorry that this is how you have to see me. I'm not long for this world." Shawn managed to croak out.

"I know." Nora didn't know why she was being so formal but she felt she had to be. This was a person facing death, the ultimate unknow. And even after everyone she killed, to her, Shawn's death was much more profound.

"You already know of my plans to give command of the Institute to you. But because of my state recently it might be best to do it now." He reached across and pressed a button on his bed and in a few minutes all of the division heads and Courser commanders were in his room.

"Hello everyone. There is something i wish to do while i'm still sound of mind. I'm hereby transferring my title and power to my mother, Nora. You will obey and care for her just as you have done for me. She will guide our organization into the new world. She is the best leader for our dream of remaking the world. Thank you for all that you have done, you have all made me proud."

By the end of his speech Shawn was gasping for air, he had expended alot of his much needed energy. Nora and some of the others in the room had tears in their eyes. Everyone soon relieved that Nora and Father needed a private moment to talk and filtered out to spread the word to the rest of the staff.

Shawn caught his breath and stared at the ceiling. He didn't say anything for awhile until Nora took his hand.

"Im content. I've done all i can. Thank you for finding me."

His words were short and he was drifting away. He was trying to fill a lifetime of talks into only a few sentences.

"Of course Shawn, your my son and i love you." But he was already asleep again.

Nora left the room and went to her own quarters for the night. The next morning Shawn died.

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