– that little helmet flip thing he does before heading out for arcjet systems
– how completely cool he is should you take down the institute with the minutemen and not the brotherhood
– getting history facts spewed at you a mile a minute
– the implication that his power armor has rusted before due to rain
– the fact that he always speaks as if he swallowed a god damn thesaurus
– getting a [Danse loved that] if you successfully convince him of his worth during blind betrayal
– getting it again when you convince maxson to spare his life
– the implication that if danse knew he was a synth, he would have told you
– when passing through a small town similar to sanctuary, he says, “can you imagine how nice it would have been to live in a place like this? oh… never mind”
– says he “berated you” even though his break up conversation is literally the most amicable out of all of the companions
– “i’m so tough on you” even though he was nothing but fair and reasonable to the sole survivor
– how wistful he is for things like fishing, bowling, live concerts, and movies
– “if a machine and a human can learn to live in harmony, then anything’s possible”
– “i’ve never had anyone who actually cared how i felt, so i have a difficult time opening up”
– he names his gun “righteous authority”, what a fucking nerd
– he also personally modifies his own guns
– the implication that he reads historical records the brotherhood has on hand in his free time
– the implication that he feeds quinlan’s cat on the prydwen
– how he starts off every single personal conversation by asking if he can say something “off the record”
– how he always beats around the bush instead of actually talking about his problems
– that little scar he has over his right eyebrow
– i have only heard him laugh once in all of my play throughs and it’s when you joke with him by saying “well there goes my dream of being reborn as a super mutant”
– how he blames his poor interpersonal skills solely on that fact that he’s a synth even though that clearly isn’t the case
– the implication that the sole survivor is the first person who has ever expressed romantic interest in him
– how flustered he gets when the sole survivor flirts with him
– how he disagrees with maxson on having squires aboard a war ship
– “your arm looks like swiss cheese”
– when you heal dogmeat he says, “glad you’re healing him up… he’s a member of our team”
– how impressed he is with how quick you can drink a beer
– how he sides with the robots on the u.s.s constitution over the, and i quote, “hooligans”
– “push a button… push everything! improvise soldier!”
– the fact that he likes country music
– the fact that he listens to the charles river trio and is almost offended when he says, “what? you’re not the only one with a radio, you know”
– how often he finds the opportunity to complain about capitalism and the pre-war government
– how he says he hopes that the treasure of Jamaica Plain will benefit the Brotherhood but when it turns out to be a bunch of totally useless historical artifacts he’s even more excited about it.
-his genuine empathy for people who have suffered loss like the Abernathys
-”rest well little one” said very softly when you find the body of the runaway in the ranger’s cabin
– how after the sole survivor goes through Kellogg’s memories and finds a
potential way into the institute, he’s more concerned about sole
finding their son than The Brotherhood’s interests
-the fact that when romanced, even after everything he’s been through, he will say that for the first time in his life he’s “truly happy”
-his shocked or surprised face
-the fact that he uses words like hooligans and riff raff
-that one of the things he’s most upset about after blind betrayal is that he was never even given memories of a family
-how worried he gets about the sole survivor getting too close to the edge on top of Trinity Tower
-that he likes it when you help Billy the ghoul kid
-how emotional he gets during the Lost Patrol mission
-his genuine offence at mirelurks having “Kings” and “Queens” when they’re nothing but an unorganised rabble
-doesn’t get upset when you jump from high places and likes jumping in his power armour himself
-his “stay close!” in the Devil’s Due
-the fact he describes the Atom Cats junkyard as a treasure trove of possibilities and is genuinely excited to be there
-is happy if Sole shares his tinkering hobbies
-how sometimes his jokes sound a little too sinister and you can’t tell if he’s joking or serious
-his thoughts on escalators
-his loyalty and responsibility for those under his command
-the amused “was that a good read?” when Sole gets a new comic book
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