Actually, you pretty much outlined what I was going to do. Almost word by word. That being "Fuck Clearwater, I'm going to cross this bridge and do my own thing." I wasn't planning on following Clearwater's orders. It's part of Hathaway's personality to not follow orders, after all. It's what got him kicked from the NCR.

But yeah, I know. I like that Hathaway is being challenged.

EDIT: I had him do something else entirely.