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[The subject of this video isn't Boone. Instead, it's the outer fence around the village. The only sound for a few moments is of a dog quietly whining, but then Boone speaks.]

Came across this not long ago.

["This" being evidence of some pretty strong explosions happening outside the fence. There are a couple of spider legs just lying around nearby, but nothing else.]

Fence seems fine, but what I wanna know is who or what the hell is blowing things up outside it. You don't need to blow up a spider to kill it.

Not a lot bothers Rex, but he's been doing this ever since we got here. Whining, keeping away from the fence. I've known him to run straight into groups of deathclaws before, so I figure if he's spooked, I probably don't wanna get too close to whatever it is that's spooking him. Saw some shapes moving around through the trees earlier, but I couldn't make out what they were. Tried watching through my scope, but it didn't help. Just... sort of looked like the trees were moving.

[Which is ridiculous really, because he knows the damn trees aren't moving.]

Just figured I'd give everyone a heads up, anyway. Not sure if it's happening in other places yet, but if you see or find out anything let me know.

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[He could say that he's sorry for what Niko had to deal with as a kid, but it won't help him much now so he keeps quiet there.]

I can usually be pretty patient. Or at least, I like to think I can.

[He knows he can also be reckless and impatient too, though. He always was when it came to the Legion.

He stops a little way up, scanning the area behind the fence before walking again. Rex is acting normal again now, so he doesn't linger for long.]

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You seem like that type of guy. Like ah... like you have a battery that you are only willing to spend so much energy on. With talking or with dealing with things you don't want to.

That's not the right way to put it.

You get the idea.

[He looks around, still not seeing anything. He finally does see a spider off in the distance, between trunks, and points off there.]

Might have been a spider moving strange that you saw?

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I think I get it.

[Sort of.]

Guess you're not wrong, for the most part. Been plenty of things I haven't wanted to stick around for, but I've done it anyway.

[He won't talk about anything he doesn't want to, though. Not unless he absolutely has to.

He looks over at the spider, watches the way it moves, and then shakes his head.]

No. It wasn't a spider. It... I can't explain it any better than saying it looked like the trees were moving. Like whatever was in there knew how to blend in.

[He lifts his rifle and watches the spider through his scope. No... the way it scuttles between the trees is all wrong.]

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Like the tree itself was moving? [Niko's just trying to figure it out. But then Boone is looking off in the distance at something through the scope and he's quiet. He's curious enough that he tries to lean in and look down the site as best he can without actually touching Boone.]

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Not the ones up front. More like... there were trees further back that could do it, but none of them were out of place afterwards. Hard to explain. All I know is, it sure as hell wasn't a spider.

[Was it a trick of the light? He isn't sure. He knows shadows don't move like that, but trying to recall the scene again he has to wonder if he wasn't just being paranoid. His instincts tell him he saw something that could be important, though. Important enough that he isn't going to give up on the idea of there being something out there.

He shifts the rifle over so Niko can look through it better, but the spider is slowly disappearing through the trees by now.]