Editing Cloudburst (section)

===The Patriot===
*questions about ownership. The Editor claimed 'local shareholders, but looked at the strange man (later revealed to be (Douglas Parker). AYA said they are owned by SHearer Fund, and one Mrs. Mary Shearer. 
* "Donald Shearer seems to have been in real estate business, but he died of cancer 17 years ago. It seems that Mrs. Shearer became something of a recluse after that. She sold her home in the City and moved to a former farmhouse upstate. I do not find anything about her after that until six years ago when the fund was created. Less than a year later she was in the nursing home, so she might have taken precautions about ailing health. She may have someone administering her affairs, including the fund, but looks like that is not public information."
*obnoxious reporter was anxious about his desk.
*Douglas Parker was a son of a police officer who shot an innocent person by mistake - or rather, by being a bit too swift on the trigger finger. He was pursuing a suspect, got startled by someone appearing from behind a corner, and shot before realizing that it was not the suspect. He was suspended for the investigation, and during that time went to walk the family dog in the evening. Two hours later the dog returned alone. The father was never seen again.
*The officer's disappearance was considered suspicious. He ended up tried and sentenced in absentia. His family came under a lot of negative attention. Then his wife - Douglas's mother - died of complications involving alcohol and sleeping pills. It could have been either accident or suicide, but after that Douglas dropped out of high school. And off the grid. Even with his identity known, nothing further is found. Until now, more than ten years later, the Protectors encounter him.
*Cosmos finds one more detail. FBI investigated the officer's disappearance. They strongly suspected that a vigilante super was involved, but it could not be confirmed, and the case turned into a cold case.
*Douglas Parker appears to have some sort of training... able to avoid basic surveillance and keep a straight face.