After my heavy-hearted decision to nuke the Institute and then immediately feeling like this: My synth shaun made me extremely happy again...as if I was given this second, rare opportunity to have my little boy again.

Then reality hit and I realized that he's:

He's nothing more than a fleshy mannequin with a genius IQ w/ free thinking and I just wiped out everything he knows and everyone he cares about.

And he's all "Hi mom! Hey I want to tinker with some stuff, do you have a biometric scanner?"

SCREAM!

Umm, kid, what do you want with that? huh? You passive aggressive little synthetic monster!

For now I have the innocent looking striped-shirted monster at the Castle with....Danse.

I think you need to go have a lie down.

A lie down? You mean a nap? Huh?

Isn't anyone else wondering what an advlt shaun may turn into and if he may turn against you? What could have been programmed into him? The "father" surely implanted him with more than just "She is your mom and will take care of you".

I don't know, but again I think Bethesda is going to play another mind game with us pertaining to Shaun.

Sadly I was so disappointed with Father that I euthanized him. I would have done the same for the little synth but I felt a pang of parenthood. No way will I let him to continue to live if I ever see him again.