"Mister Daniel! How very pleasant to see you, sir!"

"Hey, Codsworth," Daniel said. He dropped into a chair, leaning his sniper rifle, Kindness, against the wall of his steel house. Kindness had originally been called Tinker Tom Special, but Daniel had upgraded it. He had replaced the steel barrel with a light aluminum one, Added a recoil-compensating stock, enhanced the suppressor, and greatly increased the velocity and power that the receiver could manage. The last thing Daniel had done was to carve Kindness into the side of the weapon. He started to lean back, but then remembered his sword, Kremvh's Tooth. It was a machete, but jagged and looked like it had been tossed through a wood chipper. That was what made it so deadly. Daniel pulled it from his back and leaned it up next to Kindness. Finally, he pulled the Deliverer from his thigh-holster and laid it across his white-clad lap. This was a small pistol, what used to be called a PP7. It was silenced, with a long barrel, a comfort grip, and a receiver that had been enhanced almost as much as Kindness's. He was dressed in a white pinstriped suit, and had actually gotten his hands on some white dress-shoes in the Commonwealth. His beard was trimmed to a point, and his mustache was curled at the ends. They weren't separate, but were rather all one piece of facial hair. His hair was pushed up into a stylish version of a pompadour. Codsworth spoke again.

"I am pleased to announce that Mister Valentine has completed his teleportation device. But, sir... he will need your Courser Chip. If that is, um... quite alright?"

"Of course, Codsworth." Daniel said, a bit absentmindedly. "Codsworth-"

"Yes, sir?"

"Would you be willing to-"

"Of course, sir. Anything you ask, sir."

"let me make some changes-"

"Yes, sir!"

"to your modeling?"

"Pardon?"

Daniel laughed at the sudden lack of readiness to obey. "I'd like to make you a Stealth Boy Assaultron. It's the only way I'd allow you to accompany me in my travels."

"Of course, sir. I thought perhaps you would try to make me a Sentry Bot." Daniel smiled, no longer uncomfortable.

"Never, Codsworth." Now much happier, Daniel picked up his weapons and made his way to Nick Valentine. He handed over the Courser Chip, it was inserted, and Daniel stepped into the machine. It fired up, and when it was finished, Daniel stepped out. Trees surrounded him, but something was wrong. The teleportation device was gone, and there was a fur-clad axman in its place. Before Daniel could draw Kremvh's Tooth, an arrow appeared in the man's chest. Instead of continuing to pull out the sword, Daniel drew the deliverer, spun, and dropped to one knee. When he raised the pistol, he found that his sights were trained on a hooded man. He was dressed in skin-tight black leather, including a hood, with scraps of studded red leather armor. He had a black bow in his hands, with an arrow already nocked and drawn, trained directly at Daniel's neck.

"Who are you?" He asked calmly.

"You first." Daniel was not afraid of this man.

"Fine. I'm Arlen. Dragonborn, Harbinger of the Companions, Listener for the Dark Brotherhood, Nightingale, Leader of the Thieve's guild, Vanquisher of Alduin, Archmage of the College of Winterhold, and countless other not-so-worth-the-trouble titles. Although, killer of mysterious man in the woods has a nice ring to it." The bow had lowered as Arlen had spoken, and he raised it again.

"My turn. Daniel, Sole Survivor, Destroyer of the Institute, Codename Phantom of the Railroad, Destroyer of the Brotherhood of Steel in the Commonwealth, Detective under Nick Valentine, Killer of the Mechanist, and best sniper in America."

"Not sure what in Talos's name America is, but I'm the greatest assassin of Tamriel." Suddenly, and without warning, a dragon, like the stories Daniel was told in his youth, landed between them. Daniel drew Kremvh's Tooth in his right hand, switching the Deliverer to his left. As six arrows flew towards the dragon from Arlen, Daniel charged forward, firing as he went. When he reached the dragon, he leapt forward and thrust Kremvh's Tooth through its eye, killing it instantly. He pulled himself up onto the dragon's head, and stabbed it in the base of the skull for good measure.

Arlen looked utterly astonished. "Oh, I think we'll get along just fine."