Ben Lindbergh

But Dogmeat leads them through this Mojave mission school, which is not from New Vegas.

It seems to be an original location.

And...

They unite with the ghoul.

This is where Pearl Mutant has dumped the ghoul.

And I liked this encounter because Maximus and ghoul both spy each other and each of them says, fuck, which makes sense because the last time they met, they were trying to kill each other in Philly, right?

So this is far from a heartwarming reunion.

the cold fusion here too is going to be fascinating to see what they the three of them decide to do or or if uh the ghoul just takes it for itself as as more leverage right yeah he'll recognize what that is because he has had it in his possession central centuries before i can't get rid of this thing it's a bad penny keeps coming back into my possession and yeah i as you just said the dynamic duo of maximus and thaddeus is a good pairing but the dynamic trio is

of Maximus and Thaddeus and the ghoul.

I don't know how patient and tolerant the ghoul will be with these two.

I hadn't even considered the idea of the fledgling ghoul who's still in the process of getting ghoulified and now can learn at the knee of the most experienced ghoul.

He can just take him under his wing, share some vials, help ease him into his ghoul transition.

Again, not

Not the mentor, probably, that I would want, but now that he has been accompanying Lucy and has softened somewhat, perhaps he'll be ready.

And, you know, presumably he will draft them to assist him in rescuing Lucy slash going after Hank and maybe battling a Deathclaw or three along the way.

So I am very much looking forward to seeing those three interact over the next couple episodes.

And that brings us to our final setting and character grouping here.

We do not know what's going on with the Vault 31 folks and poor Norm, whom last we saw was on the point of death or just passed into unconsciousness.

But we will leave him there for another week as we catch up with the inbreeding support group, or I guess the products of inbreeding support group, though.

It seems to have morphed more into the inbreeding support group, I think.