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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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[vengeance_driven]

Ah... Rex seems pretty upset by it. This would probably bother me, too- him being upset that is. Dogs are smart about that kind of thing.

Maybe he could do with something good to eat once you are off patrol.

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I can give him something to chew, that's about it. He can't really eat real food anymore. Probably a good idea, though.

[He might've given him something here to try to calm him down, but the only thing around here is charred spider legs.]

Bothering me how he won't go near the fence. Like whatever was here before, he doesn't want to be a part of it even if he can't see anything.

[vengeance_driven]

Oh, so everything in the metal part is also metal. Understood. [That poor dog.] I ah... I see you talking and I finally made one of those dogs pay attention to me. I could bring it to the fence and see if it doesn't like it.

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Yeah? You could try it.

[He can't see any dogs around here except for Rex, and he's not happy. If Niko's dog doesn't like it either, he'll know it's not just Rex being weird about it.

He doesn't know if that's a good thing or not, though.]

[vengeance_driven]

Alright, I'll come. I think I know generally where that is.

[He'll just start heading that way with his horrible four-eyed dog-beast. Which isn't really horrible.]

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[Boone watches the trees as he waits for Niko to arrive, but he still doesn't see anything moving. That comes off as strange to him, but he does consider the possibility that he's just being paranoid at this point. When Rex moves to greet him, Boone turns and lifts a hand to wave briefly.]

Hey. Still no sign of anything out there.

[vengeance_driven]

[Niko wrinkles his nose because he can smell familiar dust on the air. There's always a difference between a bomb that hits earth and one that hits buildings, and even in an alien place he can taste it when he breathes in.]

[He gives him a lazy wave of his own, the hound following him as he heads over. The closer he gets, though, the more the dog's fur bristles up. It keeps following Niko, it's dead set on doing that, but there's something it doesn't like about the place.]

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[Boone's eyes are on the dog, and he can see it becoming more uneasy as it approaches. Rex comes back obediently, but he still doesn't sit near the fence. He stands by Boone's legs, whines once, then sits down with his head resting on his paws. Boone just nods once towards Niko's hound.]

Don't think he likes it much, either.

[vengeance_driven]

No. [Niko watches the cagey behavior.] He doesn't seem happy at all.

[He watches the metal dog start to look as pitiful as any other dog, and since he doesn't currently have his rifle with a scope he motions to Boone.]

You say you see movement. Can I take a look?

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[He hands the rifle over, still watching the dogs.]

Haven't seen anything for a little while, but that doesn't mean they're not out there still. Maybe they know they're being watched now.

[Or maybe they moved on, but he doesn't think Rex would still be freaking out if that was the case.]

[vengeance_driven]

I have been thrown by enough explosives for a little while [He says as he watches down the scope.]

I suppose if there's something out there everywhere, I will find out about it soon enough. [He is a guide, after all.]

[The nameless hound's bristles eventually start to go down, even though Niko doesn't see anything leave. He hands the rifle back and the animal yawns in a way that's more like a possum than a dog- mouth going a little too open, but at least he's relaxing. For now.]

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There was an explosion around another part of the fence, too. Tauriel told me. She didn't see what caused it, but there were trees there too.

[She hadn't seen anything in the trees, though. Boone is starting to wonder if he's just looking into the movement he saw too much, but it still seems odd that he never noticed anything like that before this happened.]

[vengeance_driven]

[After a long bout of consideration, he just waves off in the direction of the trees, as if he's dismissing whatever it is.]

Oh well. If they get me, not the first explosion I've seen. So I'll be alright.

[Nothing's managed to kill him yet, and hey, the dog getting a mohawk is fair(?) warning.]

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[Boone doesn't seem too pleased by that attitude.]

If they get you you won't be alright. Not if they've got explosives. Unless you're made out of whatever stuff the fence is made from, I think you should be a little more careful.

[Not that he can really talk. He has a habit of becoming reckless when danger is about, though it's not so bad now that Elle helped him through his memories of Bitter Springs.]

[vengeance_driven]

[He almost says something about not being able to die even if he wants to, but that seems a little inappropriate. So instead he goes with-] I'm lucky for an unlucky guy. I'll keep my eyes open.

[But he's looking at that explosion again, now.]

It still looks a little like a mine to me. Like it wasn't fired in, but it just went off where it was left. [He tries to make a motion from one hand into the other, as if it's the wall, like you would throw a grenade or shoot a rocket. To him it looks like it just went off.]

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[Yeah, Boone knows how that feels. Surviving against the odds, over and over again, no matter how careless he got. He doesn't say anything about that, though.]

Yeah. Couldn't find any mines around this side of the fence or further out, though. Don't really get why you'd only put down one mine, not unless you knew something was headed this way for sure and would set it off.

[vengeance_driven]

It might be better that, for the next trip, I stick with someone that wants to go one of the open spaces. Ah?

[He looks at the hound and it cocks its head at him. Then just... barks. Barks like an Earth dog at least.]

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[After looking out towards the trees for a little longer, Boone sighs.]

Don't even know why I'm still here. Nothing's happened for a long while. Now we know your dog didn't like it either, but that doesn't help us any.

[He looks over at Niko.]

I'm gonna keep walking, see if there's anything further up. You can come if you want.

[vengeance_driven]

Better two than one. Sure. [He'll have to go out there eventually anyway.]

[He loosely motions to the hound and it just gets ready to trot along. It doesn't seem so bothered now. Which he'll take as a good sign.]

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[He starts to follow the fence, and Rex is happy enough to come with him. Honestly, Boone is kind of relieved to get away from the place too.]

Two explosions by the fence that we know about, and nobody saw or heard a damn thing. Where was everybody?

[vengeance_driven]

It is just that end of town. You don't talk if you've seen something or heard something. [Which, even if Niko weren't involved with who he was tied in with, he would choose to live in a place like that] I didn't even see tracks, though. That is strange... usually there are tracks.

[Niko pulls out an actual paper map of the area. He's holds it with a crinkle, against his hand, and is finding their location along the fence as they walk.]

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That doesn't explain where patrol was.

[Goofing off? It's the only reason he can think of.]

I don't know what went on around here, but I don't like it. Would've been bad enough without the way Rex was acting up.

[vengeance_driven]

Probably a little fight. They're trying very hard to make the place look good for the visitors, the missed something big. It happens a lot. [He's usually the one that takes advantage of people fighting.]

It's really strange that there are no tracks back there. [As he watches the ground where they walk, it's still striking him as odd.]

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[Boone grumbles at that.]

Back home, if people wanted to fight I'd let them get on with it. Not my damn problem. Guess I can't really think like that here.

[Not as part of security, anyway. What's the point in patrolling if you're only going to walk off when people cause trouble?]

I dunno. We've got hovering cars and stuff here, if there aren't any tracks maybe they didn't get away on foot.

[vengeance_driven]

[He would walk off too. Hell, he'd be the cause of the fight. It's a little sad, he likes Boone. He doesn't really want to make trouble for him. But considering his history it seems almost inevitable.]

Well, I'm sorry ahead of time, and I'll not put up a fuss whenever you have to arrest me for a fight, ah? In my world all the security is jerks, but you seem like nice guy.

Maybe. But then you think you would be able to see a car.

[He forgot about the hovering vehicles and while he likes the option of keeping a quiet trail, not being able to follow tracks annoys him.]