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"Come, Dabi! I'll show you something I've been working on for a bit," the doctor told him, his eagerness showing on his face.Dabi was skeptical. If the doctor was offering him another noumu, he didn't really want it. He didn't really trust those things beyond their utility.As they walked through the lab, the doctor explained. "Have you heard of the hospital kidnappings, a few months ago?"Dabi had."Well, that was me! Without All for One, I've had a harder time finding subjects. So I arranged for a kidnapping of a number of patients from a mental ward, people who would be more receptive to the process."Dabi was well aware that the kidnappings were from a mental ward."Totally unintentionally, one of the victims happened to be your own mother, Dabi, if you weren't aware."Dabi was aware."And I just couldn't pass up the opportunity! Her quirk may just be a typical ice quirk, but of an unusual strength. I thought she could make a powerful tool, so I used the same techniques I made Kurogiri with to turn her into something similar."They stopped walking, pausing at a chair. Strapped in it was a person shrouded in white mist, leaving no features visible.The doctor continued talking, missing the growing scowl on Dabi's face. "So I made her into this! I thought I'd give her to you, as a gift. You can use her as you like.""...Use her?" Dabi spoke up for the first time.The doctor laughed. "I didn't mean it like that! Though I suppose you could, if that sort of thing tickles your fancy. She won't object, I've made her to obey your every instruction."He reached to unstrap her, and she calmly stood up without a word."No, her real purpose is as the ultimate fire extinguisher. Instead of ice, she makes a cold mist that will halt any combustion it touches, no matter the intensity. It should prove useful against your father, no?"Dabi didn't acknowledge the doctor's words, instead looking directly at his mother. Her face remained entirely obscured, and she showed no emotion."Actually, I had to very carefully manage her programming. My goal was to completely override her original personality like I did with Kurogiri, but also preserve some affection towards you to make the imprinting easier. Do report to me on how well I managed that!"Not taking his eyes off his mother, Dabi put a hand on the doctor's shoulder. He finally stopped his rant, looking at Dabi. "Eh-"In a blink, the doctor was engulfed in flames. He didn't even have time to scream before his body was nearly reduced to ash in fire of an intensity Dabi rarely made.Kicking the corpse aside, Touya warily approached his mom. "Mom," he said, voice high. She didn't react, just like she hadn't reacted to the doctor's sudden murder. "It's- it's me, Touya."She still didn't react.He stared, for a moment, before screaming and lashing out at a noumu tank behind him with his flames. "Damn him! Damn that doctor! Why'd he bring you into this, huh?" His fire continued to sputter in and out on his arms, powered by his frustration and sorrow.Before he knew it, though, he felt the air cool around him. An icy mist swirled around him, putting out his fire."Don't burn yourself," a cool voice echoed through the lab. It was his mother's voice, but different. Touya whirled around, and his mother was still there, still wreathed in mist, her arm reaching out.Shaking, he reached his hand into the mist, and found his mother's unseen hand, taking it in his own. It was cold, colder than he remembered, but it wasn't the cold of a corpse. It was like the chill of an early autumn evening, or of an ice pop on a summer day.As blood pooled in his eyes in place of tears, Touya gripped her hand tighter, feeling her heartbeat for a few moments.She didn't seem to react, but that would be alright, for now.