Claire is a woman defined by a choice she regrets every day. When her husband, Cody Joseph, proposed saving their dying son Skelly by fusing him with meteorite metal, Claire’s fear of the "unknown" won out. She couldn't wrap her head around her son becoming a Bio-Synth, so she left before the transformation was complete.

Now, years later, she lives with the "distant" longing of a mother who walked away too soon. She doesn't know Cody is dead or that Skelly survived the 10-year capsule sleep. Her heart is perpetually waiting for the family she abandoned.