Brotherhood of Steel, Diamond City... they were essentially similar, but you never saw differences between them, except that the latter were afraid of what the former were exterminating... You couldn't stand it, so you often went with local detective Nick Valentine to public places as a great sign of not less great protest, this time it was a noodle bar. Everyone knew he was a synth, and they didn't react that badly. But you were amused by the newcomers wondering why a synth was living in a non-synth-friendly town, and what about Nick? He didn't even hide it. ...But you couldn't show people that you cared about the old detective.

You're sitting at the noodle bar, ordering and talking to Nick along the way. Suddenly, you notice that you are sitting next to a paladin in underarmor... Damn brotherhood.

Nick Valentine: "why would my dearest companion go this quiet all of a sudden, huh?"

he turned his head in the same direction as you and froze