Silence plays out as Neil considers his choice in answers. Finally, choice made, he loses his smile and looks away.

"Had a Mr. Handy...roommate once. Wadsworth was his name. Kept the Megaton place clean, gave hair cuts, and told some good jokes. He's the guy who was supposed to alert me if something happened to Marie." Before he was torn apart by desperate slaves.

Neil swallows, forcing away that memory. "Once traveled with a Mr. Gutsy, too," he continues. "When I got too popular with the Capital Wasteland folks, he refused to travel with me. Kinda sucked. I was starting to like the idea of a second companion."