[quote=WittyReference]
Ohhh, I thought she was working the Animal Friend angle; that's why I mentioned how Scrap felt less likely to rip her head off than the others as per the perk :p
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He's not an animal though >.>

But Ellie's high intelligence (even though her charisma is average, which is why she talks like a raider >.>) allowed her to realize "hey, everybody around here treats him like shit, I should be on his good side so that when te bullets tart flying or I have. Deathclaw chasing my ass he won't be worried about protectin the other asshples and will protect the only one who was nice to him"

That's why she is trying to befriend him, plus he absolutely fascinates her because she's neve seen someone THAT mutated other than the few trogs that roam around the Mill and he can at least speak so it shows he's much more intelligent (on top of the fact it's hard to be any dumber)