Neil's birthday was easy to find out in Alex's chaotic trip to Vault 101. It was added to his PimpBoy, and when it rolled around during their trip last month, Alex made Neil two things. The incendiary bullets for a 20 gauge shotgun (difficult, but not impossible), and a figure made of shell casings meant to resemble Dogmeat (...whether it did or not, that is the question).

But now Neil pets him, and tells Alex it did something for him. Alex makes a whimper--at the response, at the petting--and shifts against the growing hardness in his lap. "...Like giving you stuff," he murmurs. "Like making you stuff."

Food, ammo, fixing his guns and armor. Anything and everything. Alex likes to provide.