[b][i]Raven Rivers[/i][/b]

Did they win? Raven was uncertain at first, then as whoops of victory were heard from the NCR lines, the man crawled forward to where the Vertibird had left and the Brotherhood woman - Why was she silent? - was facing down NCR guns. That was strange; didn't the NCR and Brotherhood mend fences after the Courier set up The Regime? Either way, he waited for things to progress, not knowing what he could do to advance the situation without making things worse; he knew his luck.

Then he realized, and this realization prompted him to step forward, that this woman was seeking him out. So he lifted up his right hand and said, "Miss Sinclair; [i]I'm[/i] Raven Rivers. What does the Brotherhood of Steel want with me and Albert here? Aren't we all enemies of the Big Guy in Vegas here, or is that why we've been called?"

He was not stupid, just traumatized, as he looked at Virgil and continued, "Virgil, right? Can you confirm this speculation as to why the Brotherhood is seeking me and Albert out? And if so, how exactly can [i]I[/i] be useful? I'm a traumatized mess but Albert is one of the most competent people I'll ever meet."

A vision. A flash of that boy again; the son he could have had had he married a woman. The son there was a chance he could have had in Vegas; his time in Gommorah and the Gladiator Pits had plenty of encounters with the fairer sex. Why was it that almost anything reminded him of a hypothetical son? Did he really want children that badly? 

[i]The son I might never have or never meet. [b]Andrew Rivers[/b],[/i] were his thoughts. [i]Am I self-centered or unfocused to keep thinking about him? There is a high chance he does not even exist.[/i]

"So," he continued, "You aren't hostile, right? Right?"

[@DirtyDingo]