) frantically works in her lab to develop a synthetic substitute for the Heart-Shaped Herb previously destroyed by Erik Killmonger , her AI Griot keeps track of the King's failing heartbeat. Her fruitless attempts are interrupted by her mother, Queen Ramonda , who quietly breaks the news that the princess's older brother has succumbed to his mysterious illness.What follows is a beautifully elaborate funeral service as the people of Wakanda lay their king and Black Panther to rest.
Ramonda counters by asking if the construct Shuri created when she thinks of her brother offers her"comfort or punishment." The answer becomes glaringly obvious when Shuri later admits to Namor that she resents how she couldn't save her brother with her genius or advanced technology. In the end, Shuri travels to Haiti, where she reunites with Nakia . She decides to finally burn her ceremonial clothing from T'Challa's funeral, officially letting herself contend with her grief and anger at his death. The moment is made more poignant by a touching montage of Boseman as the film comes to a close and never reveals what disease took T'Challa’s life and it's revealed that the king hid his illness from his family and friends until the last minute.
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